Aviva Investors hands second convertibles fund to US specialist Westwood

Extending existing relationship

Aviva Investors has announced an extension of its partnership with US-based convertibles specialist Westwood Holdings Group, handing over a second convertibles fund to its investment team.

With immediate effect, Aviva Investors has appointed Westwood to sub-advise the Aviva Investors Global Convertibles fund, a Luxembourg-domiciled long-only convertibles fund. Westwood will also continue to manage the Aviva Global Convertibles Absolute Return fund, a liquid alternative fund the team has been involved in managing since its inception in December 2009. The Westwood global convertibles portfolio management team is led by David Clott and Shawn Mato. Prior to joining Westwood in 2014, Clott and Mato spent over a decade at Aviva Investors, where they managed the Aviva Inves...