Aviva Investors team wins Award for European and African Alternative Lending

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has appointed Kunal Kothari to its UK Equity team as Co-Portfolio Manager, UK Equity Income.  Based in London, Kunal joins the business on February 19, 2024, and will report to Trevor Green, Head of UK Equities. 

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has appointed Vasileios (Vas) Gkionakis as Senior Economist and Strategist, reporting to Michael Grady, Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist. Based in London, Vas will cover macroeconomics and major asset classes with a focus on the UK and Europe.

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has completed two office leasing agreements totalling 8,700 sq ft at 30 Golden Square in Soho, London W1, following the completion of an extensive refurbishment programme to decarbonise the building. 

(London) Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has appointed Oskar Geldof as Head of BeNeLux. Oskar is based in Amsterdam and reports to Torben Dunkel, Head of Europe. In his new role, Oskar will be responsible for institutional business development activity across the BeNeLux countries. 

(London) Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has appointed Angenika Kunne as Head of Infrastructure Equity. She will join Aviva Investors in January 2024 and be based in London, reporting to Ben Sanderson, Managing Director of Real Estate and Head of Active Equity. 

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has agreed to forward purchase a 234-unit residential development in Spain from developer Via Agora, as it continues to grow its Spanish build-to-rent (‘BtR’) platform in partnership with Layetana Living (‘Layetana’). 

(London) Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has appointed Jill Barber as Global Head of Distribution. She will join the business later this year subject to regulatory approval.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has strengthened its Real Assets Research team with the appointment of Viktor Dietrich as Research Director and Rebecca Crocker as Research Analyst.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has acquired a portfolio of three logistics facilities spread across the Orléans, Nantes and Reims regions of France, through a forward funding agreement with Exia.

Daniel McHugh has been appointed Chief Investment Officer at Aviva Investors, taking on a new expanded role from his previous position as CIO, Real Assets. The appointment follows the departure of Liquid Markets CIO Colin Purdie to pursue a new opportunity.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has appointed Monica Fan-Bradley as Head of Institutional Sales (ex. Asia Pacific) within its Global Client Solutions function.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has appointed Nick Molho as Head of Climate Policy, a newly-created role.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces it has acquired a second development as part of its build-to-rent (‘BtR’) platform in Spain, in partnership with Layetana Living (‘Layetana’), a leading Spanish developer.

(London) – More than nine-out-of-ten (93 per cent) of global institutional investors actively consider ESG and sustainability in their real assets investment decisions, with 17 per cent considering it a critical factor, according to new research from Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has called for immediate action from global policymakers to tackle the overuse of antibiotics and antimicrobials, through the formation of a dedicated intergovernmental panel, modelled on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces it has appointed David Hedalen as Head of Real Assets Research.