Aviva Investors

Aviva Investors' Andrew Lake is set to join Mirabaud Asset Management in the new year.

Aviva Investors has proposed the closure of its Global Listed Real Estate Securities business, including the Global REIT fund run by Paul Van De Vaart, as it has "insufficient scale".

Aviva is to axe four products to new business, including its self-invested personal pension (SIPP), blaming duplication in the product range for the move.

The managers of the £83m Aviva Investors UK Smaller Companies fund, Toby Belsom and Robin West, name five UK smaller companies set to benefit from an uptick in consumer spending.

Aviva has vowed to turn around the performance of its struggling funds business - Aviva Investors - after operating profits fell 13% year on year.

Aviva Investors has sold its SRI funds business to Alliance Trust Investments in a £1m deal.

Aviva Investors is shutting its Absolute Tactical Asset Allocation fund range on 11 July as a result of sub-scale net asset value.

Aviva Investors' Chris Higham has taken his cash and government bond weighting to a record high following outperformance in the credit markets and his doubts over the US recovery.

Aviva Investors has launched a Global Short Duration High Yield Bond fund for senior high yield portfolio manager Jeremy Hughes.

EURO 2012