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(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 asset manager of Aviva PLC, has announced the launch of a new Sterling Standard Liquidity fund. The new product will build upon the firm’s existing liquidity offering, which will now consist of a suite of six funds. 

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has completed a £200 million debt facility with Shaftesbury Capital, the leading central London mixed-use real estate investment trust (REIT). 

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has agreed to provide financing for the acquisition of offshore transmission assets at Hornsea Two offshore wind farm by Diamond Transmission Partners, a joint venture comprising Diamond Transmission UK Limited and HICL Infrastructure PLC.

(London) Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has appointed Smera Ashraf as Head of Global Wealth – UK. She is based in London and reports to Charlie Jewkes, Head of Global Wealth.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has provided an additional £57 million in sustainable transition financing to Urban Logistics REIT plc. 

(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 (‘Aviva’), has acquired, through its Lime Property Fund, a portfolio of 73 Supported Living properties located across the UK, adding to its portfolio of high-quality, long-income real estate assets. The deal provides funding for the properties to Big Help, a registered charity based in Liverpool, and releases capital tied up in property holdings to enable Big Help to invest in other parts of their business. 

(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.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces it has completed a major pre-let at its One Liverpool Street development in London. The letting has been agreed with Dentons, the world's largest global law firm.