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(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has provided an additional £57 million in sustainable transition financing to Urban Logistics REIT plc. 

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has agreed to forward purchase a 234-unit residential development in Spain from developer Via Agora, as it continues to grow its Spanish build-to-rent (‘BtR’) platform in partnership with Layetana Living (‘Layetana’). 

(London) Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has appointed Jill Barber as Global Head of Distribution. She will join the business later this year subject to regulatory approval.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has strengthened its Real Assets Research team with the appointment of Viktor Dietrich as Research Director and Rebecca Crocker as Research Analyst.

(London) Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has acquired, through its Lime Property Fund, a portfolio of 73 Supported Living properties located across the UK, adding to its portfolio of high-quality, long-income real estate assets. The deal provides funding for the properties to Big Help, a registered charity based in Liverpool, and releases capital tied up in property holdings to enable Big Help to invest in other parts of their business. 

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has acquired a portfolio of three logistics facilities spread across the Orléans, Nantes and Reims regions of France, through a forward funding agreement with Exia.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces it has completed a major pre-let at its One Liverpool Street development in London. The letting has been agreed with Dentons, the world's largest global law firm.

Daniel McHugh has been appointed Chief Investment Officer at Aviva Investors, taking on a new expanded role from his previous position as CIO, Real Assets. The appointment follows the departure of Liquid Markets CIO Colin Purdie to pursue a new opportunity.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset manager of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces it has completed the purchase of two retail assets in the south of England, acquiring Hedge End Retail Park in Southampton, alongside the separate purchase of an Asda superstore in Hayes, Middlesex.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has appointed Nick Molho as Head of Climate Policy, a newly-created role.

(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces it has completed a letting at 30 Golden Square, in Soho, London W1, following a comprehensive sustainability-led refurbishment project to decarbonise the building.

(London) – More than nine-out-of-ten (93 per cent) of global institutional investors actively consider ESG and sustainability in their real assets investment decisions, with 17 per cent considering it a critical factor, according to new research from Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc.