Funds for pension products
Pension funds for Aviva and ex-Friends life policies
Get a clear view of your pension fund
When you're saving for retirement it's important to have a clear idea of where your money is invested. Then you can be sure it's the right pension fund for you.
If you're an Aviva or ex-Friends life customer you can check the fund options for your policy here. Then in the Aviva Fund Centre get more details on how that fund is doing, the fees it charges, and the risk/return rating.
Explore your fund options
Each product has a selection of funds to choose from. Sometimes these funds are divided into different types of 'fund series' based on when they were launched. If a fund has more than one series, there might be differences in the prices and charges for each series. This can affect how well the fund performs.
If you already have a pension with us, you would have been assigned a specific fund range when you joined the plan. If you're not sure about the name of your product or the fund range it belongs to, you can find it in your annual statement. The fund series will be shown as 'S2' or '(CGU)' for example. If you don't have your annual statement with you, you can check our list of products to get the details you need.
We also have auto-switching options available for different products. You can learn more about them by visiting here.
| Product Name | Fund Series |
|---|---|
| Plans which started on or after 2 October 2000 Jersey & Guernsey | Pension Series 1 |
| Plans started on or after 2 October 2000 Stakeholder Pension, Your Pension, Your Pension (Stakeholder), Your Pension Select, Your Company Stakeholder Pension in Series 2 | Pension Series 2 |
| Plans started on or after 2 October 2000 Income Drawdown, Personal Pension - started on or after 6 April 2001, Your Pension, Your Pension Select, Your Company Pension @ Aviva, Your Company Pension (Isle Of Man 89 Plan) in Series 2 & 6 and Your Company Pension Freedom (Isle of Man Section 61 Plan) | Pension Series 2, Pension Series 6 |
| Millennium Series established on or after 15 May 2006 DCSR, Variable Money Purchase Plans, Variable Group Additional Voluntary Contribution, Trustee Investment Plan | Pension Series 2, Pension Series 5, Pension Series 6 and Pension Series 7 |
| Individual plans with change of terms in early 2008 Your Pension @ Aviva (Stakeholder), Your Pension Select @ Aviva, Your Pension @ Aviva, Your Pension @ CGU, ex-CU Personal Pension Plan - Optimiser basis and Lifestyler basis, ex-CU Sterling Personal Pension Plan (series 2 & 9), Leavers from ex-CGU Group Personal Pension Plan Lifestyler Plus and ex-CGU Group Personal Pension Plan - Optimiser basis and Lifestyler basis. | Pension Series 2, Pension Series 9 |
| Your Company Pension @ Aviva, Your Company Stakeholder Pension @ Aviva and Your Personal Pension, Group Personal Pension, Your Company Pension Isle of Man, The Personal Pension, Group Personal Pension Isle Of Man: Funds with 1% Annual Management Charge | Pension Series 3 |
| 98 Series Pre-95 Series | Pension Series 4 |
| Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) Insured Pension Funds | Pension Series 8 |
| For ex-Tesco Personal Pension | Pension Series 10 |
| For Fixed Term Retirement Plan | Pension Series 11 |
| Plans started on or after 6 June 2011 Defined Contribution Scheme Replacement (DCSR), Trustee Investment Plan (TIP) | Pension Series 13 |
| Plan started on or after 3 December 2012 "Pension Portfolio – Core Fund Range" | Pension Series 14 |
| For Pension contracts taken out with ex - CGU Life | ex - CGU Pension (CGU) |
| For Your Pension contracts taken out with ex - CGU Life | ex - CGU Your Pension YP (CGU) |
| For Pension contracts taken out with ex-General Accident Life PRIOR to 1 January 1996 | ex - General Accident Pension (GA) Series 1 |
| For Pension contracts taken out with ex-General Accident Life between 1 January 1996 and 1 October 1998 | ex - General Accident Pension (GA) Series 2 |
| For Pension contracts taken out with ex-Norwich Union policies PRIOR to 2 October 2000 | Norwich Union Pension (NU) |
| For Pension contracts taken out with ex - Commercial Union | ex - Commercial Union Pension (CU) |
| For Pension contracts taken out with ex-Provident Mutual | Provident Mutual Pension (PM) |
| For Pension contracts taken out with National Westminster Life Assurance (transferred to Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited) | Ex National Westminster Life Assurance |
| For Pension contracts taken out with ex-Royal Scottish Assurance (transferred to Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited) | Ex Royal Scottish Assurance |
Ex-Friend Life policies – what you need to know
Here's a list of the products that use ex-Friends Life funds:
| Product Name |
|---|
| Pensions that were originally purchased from London & Manchester |
| Pensions that were originally purchased from National Mutual |
| Pensions originally purchased from Friends Provident |
| NGP Group Pensions originally purchased from Friends Life |
| Pensions originally purchased from ex-AXA Sun Life – taken out from November 2002 with a 10 digit policy number |
| Pensions originally purchased from ex-AXA Sun Life – investing in Group Managed Funds |
| Pensions originally purchased from ex-AXA Equity & Law or Sun Life |
| Individual Pensions originally purchased from ex-Winterthur |
| Older Pensions originally purchased from ex-Winterthur– includes Rainbowplus, Unity, Pensionplus & Retirement Annuity Contract |
| Older Workplace Pensions originally purchased from ex-Winterthur – includes Embassy Group Pensions that transitioned to Friends Life and Group Pensions originally purchased from Winterthur ‘ex-Friends Life (Embassy & WLUK)’ |
Explore our fund range
Visit the Aviva Fund Centre to view our fund range and all the important information in the fund factsheets.
Seamless switching between funds
You may be able to change your Aviva and ex-Friends Life funds in MyAviva. Log in to discover your options.
Looking for something else?
We have a range of Aviva products for you to explore.
Remember that the value of investments can go down as well as up, and you may get back less than what you initially put in. Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and may change at any time.
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