Frédéric Tassin
Profile
Job title
Head of Pan-European Equities
Contact details
Joined Aviva Investors
2001
Joined The Industry
1995
Biography
Main responsibilities
Fréderic leads our European Equity team, and is also responsible for the fund management of a number of European Equity portfolios.
Experience and qualifications
Prior to assuming his current role, Frédéric was responsible for European equity and property portfolio management, a position he progressed to after joining Aviva Gestion d’Actifs (now Aviva Investors) specialising in the Banking, Insurance, Utilities and Property sectors. Frédéric began his career at CRI, joining as an assistant manager and becoming an equity fund manager two years later.
Frédéric holds a DESS in Finance from the Université de Rennes 1 and is qualified with the French Society of Financial Analysts (SFAF).
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