Aviva Investors hires NN Investment Partners' Robertson as head of multi-strategy funds

Ian Pizer steps down from his role as head of investment strategy

Mike Sheen
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Former NN Investment Partners' head of multi-asset portfolios Mark Robertson has joined Aviva Investors as head of multi-strategy funds.

Robertson will also act as a portfolio manager across the AIMS Target Return, Target Income and Fixed Income strategies, as head of investment strategy and current Target Return and Target Income manager Ian Pizer has stepped down. Aviva multi-asset funds turn 'defensive' amid tightening liquidity Pizer, whose role will be taken up in the interim by senior economist and strategist Michael Grady, will now work for Aviva Investors on a part-time basis, focusing solely on investment strategy. Reporting to multi-asset and macro CIO Peter Fitzgerald, Robertson joins after seven years wi...

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