Managers to Watch: Aviva Investors' Nick Samouilhan reveals his key multi-asset lessons

Managers need to 'stick to what they are good at'

Nick Samouilhan, senior fund manager specialising in multi-asset at Aviva Investors, explains why younger managers need to 'stick to what they are good at' and that entering the industry during the financial crisis was no bad thing.

"If multi-asset investing was to be shut down across the whole industry, I do not know whether or not I would stick with a career in investment management". For Nick Samouilhan, multi-asset has been a core part of his career so far. At Aviva Investors, he is in charge of its risk-targeted multi-asset funds, multi-asset income funds, and AIMS range. Samouilhan believes it is a sector which has allowed him to carve a career out of essentially "understanding things", something he also enjoys doing outside of work. "My job is to understand how one investment world, such as equities, in...