Aviva Investors combines LDI and liquidity teams

Rakesh Girdharlal appointed

Kathleen Gallagher
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Aviva Investors has combined its liability-driven investment and liquidity teams under a single leadership team.

The team will be led by Rakesh Girdharlal, the former head of LDI. In his new role of head of liability-driven investment and liquidity, which starts this month, he will report to Caroline Hedges, head of credit. Hedges said the two teams "already benefit from strong engagement and collaboration" and they were pleased to bring them together because of the "clear synergies". The merger of the two teams follows Hedges' promotion in September last year, where she went from head of liquidity and securities to head of credit. M&G CEO John Foley to retire Girdharlal has been with Aviv...

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