Ex-Aviva Investors MM research head Aylward joins Barclays Wealth

Less than a year after joining Punter Southall Aspire

Daniel Flynn
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Barclays Wealth and Investment Management has appointed Ian Aylward as head of manager and fund selection in its global investments and solutions team from Punter Southall Aspire, less than a year after he joined the firm from Aviva Investors.

Aylward (pictured) will report to chief investment officer Arne Hassel and will be responsible for the selection, investment and monitoring of managers and funds across Barclays' investment proposition. He will oversee the portfolio management of single asset class and multi-asset class funds, under the multi-manager umbrella of globally diversified portfolios. Aylward joins from workplace pensions and savings business Punter Southall Aspire, which he joined in April this year after leaving Aviva Investors in March. At Punter he worked as the investment director and head of manager...

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