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(London) – Global institutional investors have significantly raised their ambitions to implement net zero commitments across portfolios over the last 12 months, whilst being increasingly aware of the challenges in meeting these targets, according to the latest edition of the Aviva Investors Real Assets Study. The annual survey from Aviva Investors, the asset manager of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’) is based on responses from over 1,100 decision-makers at global insurers and pension funds which together represent over €2 trillion of assets under management,

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), today announces the appointment of Ben Sanderson as Managing Director, Real Estate. 

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces it has agreed a £200 million facility with Primary Health Properties plc (“PHP”), a real estate investment trust (REIT), specialising in modern primary healthcare properties.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva) announces that is has provided JSE REIT Stor-Age, South Africa’s leading and largest self-storage property fund, with a new £21 million, 7 year sustainability-linked loan facility. 

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva Plc (‘Aviva’), has announced the winners of the debut Aviva Investors Sustainability Media Awards, in recognition of the outstanding reporting across sustainability topics in the UK media.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces the appointment of Charlotte Frost as a Director within its Infrastructure Equity Origination team.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces that it has completed a further £50 million financing agreement with Big Yellow Group, the UK-based self-storage company, as it continues to expand its sustainability-linked financing programme.

Aviva Investors, the global asset management arm of Aviva PLC, continues to expect a robust global recovery in the rest of 2021 and throughout next year, although growth is expected to slow sequentially. Moreover, risks to growth are now judged to be balanced, largely because of downside concerns in China and some re-opening frictions. Global growth should reach 6.5% this year and 4.5% next.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces that it has been recognised with two awards at the 2021 MSCI UK Property Investment Awards.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces that it is has acquired Curtain House, a multi-let office building in Hoxton, London N1, which represents the first investment made by its recently launched Aviva Investors Climate Transition Real Assets Fund (“CTRAF” or the “Fund”). 

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces that it has entered a long-term agreement with Netflix, the global entertainment company, to operate and significantly expand the extensive film and production facility at the renowned Longcross Studios complex in Surrey.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (‘PSP Investments’), one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, have announced the acquisition of the ‘Hoxton Campus’, which consists of four offices located around Hoxton Square in the Shoreditch area of London, N1.

(London) Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, expects a rapid and broad-based recovery from the COVID pandemic in the rest of 2021 and in 2022.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has announced the launch of the Aviva Investors Climate Transition Real Assets Fund. The fund will aim to provide various investor groups, including defined contribution (DC) schemes, with access to climate-focused solutions across the breadth of the European Real Assets universe - principally direct real estate, infrastructure and forestry assets.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (Aviva) today announces the completion of a £3 million photovoltaic panel (PVs) installation at Next PLC’s Distribution Centre, South Elmsall, Yorkshire.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva) announces that is has provided Bruntwood with a new £276m, 15-year sustainable-linked loan facility. It is secured against 22 quality office assets primarily located in Manchester and Birmingham.