Ninety One poaches Aviva Investors' Niven to grow sustainable equity offering

Thematics focus for new manager

Ninety One has hired Stephanie Niven as a thematic equity portfolio manager within its multi-asset team.

Niven, who joins from Aviva Investors, will be responsible for leading the firm's development of a global sustainable equity offering. With 16 years of industry experience, Niven was most recently co-manager of Aviva's Global Equity Endurance fund. Ninety One merges energy vehicles and plans raft of sustainability launches Prior to this, she spent six years as a global equity portfolio manager at Tesco Pension Investments, and has also previously worked for Goldman Sachs. Co-CIO of Ninety One Mimi Ferrini said the appointment "demonstrates our clear commitment and ability to att...