David Cumming, formerly head of equities at Standard Life Investments (SLI), is to join Aviva Investors in January as chief investment officer, equities.
The firm confirmed the news on Monday morning following reports by Sky News over the weekend. He will join on 2 January and report to former SLI colleague Euan Munro, one of the founding members of the group's Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) team, who joined Aviva Investors as CEO in January 2014. Within his new role, he will lead the firm's equity teams which manage £69bn in assets under management. Chris Murphy, global head of equities since January 2015, will now focus on management of his Aviva Investors UK Equity, UK Equity Income and ...
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