AIQ: Beyond Climate

(London): Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has completed its third biennial survey of global asset managers on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The survey, conducted by the Multi-Manager team, focused on views and policies on diversity and culture, polling 39 asset managers with combined assets of over £4 trillion. The results show that while corporate diversity is taken increasingly seriously, there is significant room for improvement.

(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 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, expects a rapid and broad-based recovery from the COVID pandemic in the rest of 2021 and in 2022.

(Chicago): Aviva Investors, the global asset management unit of Aviva PLC, announces the hire of Andrew Marshall as Head of Sales, Canada.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has announced it has jointly completed an ESG-linked interest rate swap repack with BNP Paribas, and which has been provided to Associated British Ports (‘ABP’). 

(London) - Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva Plc, today announces the launch of the Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Credit Fund with a $350 million strategic capital allocation from the Aviva Investors UK multi-asset range and the Aviva Ireland multi-asset portfolio. The Fund aims to identify and invest in companies offering goods and services for climate change mitigation and those best-placed to transition to a warmer, lower-carbon world.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has set out a series of proposals and recommendations to G7 and G20 nations it believes will enable the global financial system to tackle the climate crisis in an effective and cohesive way.

(London) Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva PLC, sees a potent combination of economic drivers underpinning a strong global recovery in 2021, resulting in an above-consensus outlook for growth. Although uncertainties remain, the COVID pandemic is passing, and successful roll-outs of vaccination programmes are allowing economies to reopen. Pent-up demand, large savings buffers and ongoing fiscal and monetary policy support will all help boost the recovery.

(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.