Mark Versey joins Aviva Investors as Director of Client Solutions

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has appointed Kunal Kothari to its UK Equity team as Co-Portfolio Manager, UK Equity Income.  Based in London, Kunal joins the business on February 19, 2024, and will report to Trevor Green, Head of UK Equities. 

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has appointed Vasileios (Vas) Gkionakis as Senior Economist and Strategist, reporting to Michael Grady, Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist. Based in London, Vas will cover macroeconomics and major asset classes with a focus on the UK and Europe.

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has completed two office leasing agreements totalling 8,700 sq ft at 30 Golden Square in Soho, London W1, following the completion of an extensive refurbishment programme to decarbonise the building. 

(London) Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has appointed Oskar Geldof as Head of BeNeLux. Oskar is based in Amsterdam and reports to Torben Dunkel, Head of Europe. In his new role, Oskar will be responsible for institutional business development activity across the BeNeLux countries. 

(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 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.

Daniel McHugh has been appointed Chief Investment Officer at Aviva Investors, taking on a new expanded role from his previous position as CIO, Real Assets. The appointment follows the departure of Liquid Markets CIO Colin Purdie to pursue a new opportunity.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has appointed Monica Fan-Bradley as Head of Institutional Sales (ex. Asia Pacific) within its Global Client Solutions function.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has appointed Nick Molho as Head of Climate Policy, a newly-created role.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has called for immediate action from global policymakers to tackle the overuse of antibiotics and antimicrobials, through the formation of a dedicated intergovernmental panel, modelled on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), and Layetana Living (‘Layetana’), a leading Spanish developer, announce the creation of a new partnership (‘the Partnership’) to develop a portfolio of sustainable build-to-rent (‘BtR’) homes in Spain.

(London)  – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc ('Aviva'), has appointed Sam Tripuraneni as Head of Sustainable Outcomes, a pivotal hire as the firm deploys its capital, scale and influence in support of the sustainable transition.

(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,