Aviva Investors unveils double fund launch following hiring spree

Two global products join line-up

Beth Brearley
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Aviva Investors is set to launch a global unconstrained fund and a global emerging market (GEM) unconstrained product next quarter, chief investment officer, equities, David Cumming has told Investment Week.

In July, Aviva Investors poached a team of eight equity fund managers from Standard Life Aberdeen as it opened an Edinburgh office for the firm, including Mikhail Zvervev, head of global equities, and Alistair Way, head of global emerging market equities. Zvervev previously managed the Standard Life Investments Global Equity Unconstrained fund and Way managed the Standard Life Investments Global Emerging Markets Equity fund.  Cumming said Aviva Investors has "a strong GEM team" and that the new products would be similar to those run at Aberdeen Standard Investments, with the people ru...

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