Turning talk into action

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), today publishes its Annual Responsible Investment Review, reporting significant increases in its voting and engagement activity for 2020. The review outlines how Aviva Investors’ responsible investment approach aligned with the priorities of clients and society.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces that it has completed a £48 million financing facility to subsidiaries of Urban Logistics REIT plc.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has appointed Daniel McHugh as Chief Investment Officer of its £47.3 billion Real Assets business 1. This follows the appointment in January of former Real Assets CIO, Mark Versey, as Chief Executive Officer, Aviva Investors.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces that it has completed the acquisition of a distribution unit in Hams Hall, one of the Midland’s premier logistics parks, for £139 million.

(London) – New-build digital infrastructure is expected to deliver the highest returns, whilst the UK looks set to outperform Europe across several real asset sectors and strategies in the medium term, according to the second annual Real Assets House View from Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’).

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has announced a commitment of over £100 million into London’s Southbank, acquiring two adjacent sites on Bermondsey Street, SE1, which it will co-develop alongside Sellar into a new, best-in-class office campus.

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has published an ambitious net zero pathway for its Real Assets business as part of the Better Buildings Partnership Climate Change Commitment.

Aviva today announces the appointment of Mark Versey as Chief Executive of Aviva Investors. The appointment is another important step in the delivery of Aviva’s new strategy.

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has strengthened its investment team with the additions of convertible bond fund managers David Clott, Shawn Mato and Brendan Ryan. They will report to Peter Fitzgerald, Chief Investment Officer, Multi-asset and Macro.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has completed a £37.5 million private placement with Wales & West Housing (‘Wales & West’), one of the leading social landlord in Wales, on behalf of the Aviva UK Life annuity business.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has announced a commitment to originating £1 billion in sustainable transition real estate debt over the next four years, supported by the launch of its proprietary Sustainable Transition Loans Framework.

(London) – Global institutional investors are set to prioritise investments into real assets over the next 12 months, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a lasting impact on global economies and financial markets, according to the latest edition of Aviva Investors’ Real Assets Study

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), is targeting £10 billion of investments into UK infrastructure and real estate projects over the next three years, as pension funds and insurers continue to increase their appetite for such investments.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has been awarded ‘A+’ and ‘A’ ratings by the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the world’s leading proponent of responsible investing, as part of the organisation’s 2020 Assessment Reports for signatories.

(London) Aviva Investors, the global asset management arm of Aviva plc, expects economic activity to continue to revive in the second half of the year, as lockdown measures imposed to inhibit the spread of the COVID-19 virus are gradually eased. But the path back is unlikely to be smooth and the pattern will vary across countries and regions. Renewed outbreaks may need to be countered by the re-imposition of some restrictions.

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), today announces the appointment of Andy Seed to the newly created role of Head of DC Solutions within its Solutions function.