Aviva Investors' AIMS boosts profits as range tops £12bn in AUM

AUM up to £351bn

Operating profits in Aviva Investors grew by 45% in the first six months of 2017, as parent group Aviva said its investment into the division's growth strategy is "bearing fruit".

In results released this morning, fund management operating profit grew 45% from £49m reported for the same period last year to £71m, while revenues increased 13% to £273m driven by the continued growth of Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy (AIMS) assets under management, which has grown from £9bn on 1 January to £12bn at the end of the half year, Friends Life assets, which boarded in the second half of 2016, and increased income from the origination of infrastructure assets. Aviva Investors builds four-strong investment sales team Highlighting investors' continued appetite for AIMS, the ...