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News Release from: Standard Life Investments | Subject: Investment funds
Edited by the Insidemoneytalk Editorial Team on 05 November 2007

Standard Life Investments' strong
performance goes global

Standard Life Investments see 78% of its pooled pension fund range outperform their respective peer groups over the last 12 months to 30th September 2007

The performance of its international funds helped leading investment house, Standard Life Investments see 78% of its pooled pension fund range outperform their respective peer groups over the last 12 months to 30th September 2007, according to new Russell/Mellon* figures Five of out of Standard Life Investments' seven international pooled pension funds delivered top quartile performance over this period

This includes North American, European, Global and Overseas Equity funds.Of the 23 funds in the pooled pension fund range, 18 funds (over 78%) beat the median over the last 12 months.

Five of these funds (over 21%) produced top decile performance and 11 (over 47%) of them were top quartile over the same period.George Walker, Global Head of Business Development at Standard Life Investments, said:"These most recent results demonstrate impressive performance generated across a broad spectrum of our pooled pension fund range and spanning a wide range of asset classes and regions."While we've long had a reputation for strong performance in UK equities, it is particularly pleasing to note that investors are now reaping the benefits of our global investment expertise.

Over the last three years, the in depth knowledge of our global equities team has delivered strong returns for our investors.

"Key funds reflecting this theme include the UK Overseas Equity Fund which has returned top decile performance over one and three years; the Global Select 60:40 Fund which has been top quartile over one year and top decile over three and five years; the Global 50:50 Fund which has been top quartile over one and three years; and the European Ex UK Equity Fund which has seen top decile performance over nine months and one year and top quartile performance over three years." Other highlights in the results which are worth noting are -Seven out of eight bond funds outperformed their respective medians over the last nine months, three and five years.

10 of the 11 equity funds outperformed their respective peer group over the last nine and 12 months.

The UK Equity Unconstrained Fund came 4th out of 116 funds over 12 months The Institutional UK Equity Select Fund was ranked 2nd out of 78 funds over the last 5 years, having returned 22.2% per annum during the period.

The UK Smaller Companies Fund has produced top decile performance over the last 12 months and has been top quartile over three and five years.

* Provider of Institutional Investment information as at 30.09.07.

All calculations are based on net figures.

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