Aviva

New entrants to the UK asset management market face stiff competition from established providers, but with barriers to entry falling, more and more European firms are entering the fray.

Aviva Investors plans to launch a low volatility absolute return fund as it simplifies its product offering following the arrival of Euan Munro as CEO, Investment Week can reveal.

PROPERTY

Aviva is introducing a platform charge of 0.15% for new customers with portfolios valued at more than £400,000.

Kevin Doran, manager of the Brown Shipley Sterling Bond fund, identifies three issues facing the sterling corporate bond market this year

Stock selection will be particularly important in the UK retail sector in future, according to Aviva Investors' Chris Murphy, after a number of high street stores started the year with disappointing results.

Aviva Investors' Kirill Pyshkin is to join Mirabaud Asset Management to run a global equity income product.

THE BIG QUESTION

REVIEW OF THE YEAR

As Aviva Investors prepares for the arrival of its new CEO Euan Munro, Jeremy Leadsom, sales director for UK financial institutions, has played down its plans to launch a GARS-style product in the new year.