The mandate will be managed by Andrew Dalrymple, fund manager at Aubrey Capital Management.

Dalrymple will focus on investing in companies with the potential to benefit from growing consumer consumption in Asia.

SIG said that the thematic allocation element of the fund allows it to capitalise on mid to longer term investment opportunities.

SIG portfolio manager Francois Zagame said that with his wealth of experience Andrew Dalrymple is a welcome addition to the Skandia Global Dynamic Equity Fund line-up.

"His high conviction investment style is ideally suited to the fund and his expertise in the Asian equities space will be invaluable in indentifying the opportunities we believe that exist in China and the rest of emerging Asia," Zagame said.