Aviva Investors' head of asset allocation joins Russell

Russell Investments has appointed Mirko Cardinale as head of asset allocation in the EMEA region.

He joins from Aviva Investors where where he was head of strategic asset allocation for four years and the lead fund manager for the company's UK with-profits and diversified growth funds. Cardinale (pictured) has also held roles at Watson Wyatt, the Financial Times, and the World Bank. Multi-asset CIO Christophe Caspar said: "We are excited to appoint Mirko to this role, as we look to expand our investment strategy capabilities further at a time when investors of many types are seeing the benefit of dynamically managed and diversified portfolios. "He is an extremely capable and ex...