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SKANDIA AXA FRAMLINGTON BIOTECH LF - Fund overview

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Overview of SKANDIA AXA FRAMLINGTON BIOTECH LF

The fund targets long term capital appreciation by investing principally in the equity securities of companies in the biotechnology, genomic and medical research industries. The fund invests worldwide, but the bulk of the portfolio will consist of US stocks, reflecting the location of much of the biotech industry.

Standard Initial Charge

No data available.

Fund summary

Sector	–
Product type	INSURANCE BOND
Launched	November, 2001
Size	£5m
Yield	0.0%
Charging basis	–
Dividends paid	–
Bid price	100.00p

Fund Charges

Standard Initial charge	–
Initial charge via Bestinvest	–
Additional bid/offer spread	4.94%
Annual management charge	–
Total expense ratio	–
Reduction in yield (10yr)	0.51%

Bestinvest says

This is one of the few authorised funds investing in this highly specialist sector. Historically most of the investments have been located in the USA and share price performance has been closely linked to new drug approvals. The fund's focus is on profitable, large / midcap biotech companies developing specialist medicines.

Portfolio

skandia axa framlington biotech lf asset allocation illustration

Allocation		Proportion

	Equity	98%
	High yield bonds	0%
	Quality bonds	0%
	Property	0%
	Commodities	0%
	Hedge	0%
	Fund cash	2%

skandia axa framlington biotech lf equity geographic illustration

Allocation		Proportion

	UK	3%
	Europe	3%
	Nth America	94%
	Japan	0%
	Pacific	0%
	Other Equity	0%

skandia axa framlington biotech lf equity capitalisation illustration

Allocation		Proportion

	Large Caps	36%
	Mid Caps	30%
	Small Caps	34%

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Investment process

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