Aviva
Prop trading restrictions already hurting liquidity, say investors
Restrictions on bank proprietary trading have caused liquidity to fall in both the cash and derivatives markets, forcing buy-side participants to adopt alternative investment strategies
Aviva to launch mutual fund-structured product hybrid
Aviva is launching a fund in the US that operates as a cross between a mutual fund and a structured product, combining liquidity and capital protection
Aviva Investors recruits fund manager to SRI division
Colin Purdie, formerly of Aegon Asset Management, joins Aviva Investors as SRI credit fund manager.
Aviva Investors recruits new convertibles fund manager
Convertible bond fund manager Justin Craib-Cox joins Aviva Investors from M&G Investments.
Solvency management provides reinsurance opportunity
Testing economic conditions have prompted widespread moves by life insurers to reinsure their liabilities in order to gain capital relief. As the situation eases, will demand for reinsurance fall, or are other factors coming to prominence? Blake Evans…
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Statement of intent
Aviva Investors has made a decisive leap into the global structured products market, hiring an industry veteran to lead its multi-asset-class rollout. Sophia Morrell talks to Stephane Rougier, the ex-Lehman Brothers banker who is leading the push.
An unhealthy interest
The rise of impaired annuity providers at the start of the decade prompted a migration of the least healthy annuitants away from traditional providers, skewing their mortality assumptions and capital reserves. But as mainstream annuity providers use an…
Aviva appoints US CEO
Christopher Littlefield has been named chief executive officer of Aviva’s US business, having served as US chief operating officer since February 2008. Based in Des Moines, Iowa, Littlefield will continue to report to Tom Godlasky, CEO for Aviva’s North…