Aviva Investors raids Standard Life Aberdeen in hiring spree

Eight new appointments

Laura Dew
clock • 2 min read

Aviva Investors has poached a team of eight equity fund managers from Standard Life Aberdeen, including two sector heads, as it opens an Edinburgh office for the firm.

Mikhail Zvervev, head of global equities, and Alistair Way, head of global emerging market equities, are among the hires. Also joining are fund managers Henry Flockhart and Adam McInally on UK equities, Jaime Ramos Martin and Ross Mathison on global equities and Jonathan Toub and Will Malcolm on global emerging markets.  Several of these names announced their departure from Standard Life Aberdeen in April and all eight will be based in the firm's Edinburgh office, which will open this month and has room for 60 staff, the firm said.   Aviva has a history of hiring managers from Standar...

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