Amati hires Aviva Investors' Zverev to build new global equities strategy

Targeting technological change

Boutique fund manager Amati Global Investors has hired Aviva Investors' Mikhail Zverev to develop a new global equities strategy.

In this new role, Zverev will observe insights from companies deemed to be at the leading edge of their industries in terms of innovation, as well as Amati's management of its UK Smaller Companies Fund and AIM VCT fund. Zverev, who has worked in the global equities space for over 20 years, previously worked alongside Amati founder and CEO Dr Paul Jourdan at First State Investments between 2002 and 2007. Most recently, Zverev was head of global equities at Aviva Investors. Prior to that he moved up the ranks of Standard Life Investments, where he joined in 2007 as portfolio manager bef...