Amati Global Investors will expand its fund range following the hire of former Aviva Investors head of global Mikhail Zverev (pictured).
The £1.2bn boutique is currently focused on UK small and mid-cap companies, most notably through its TB Amati UK Smaller Companies fund. But in a press release issued on Tuesday the Edinburgh firm said Zverev had been appointed to launch a global equities strategy.
Amati will apply for regulatory approval for the fund before revealing further details.
Zverev’s appointment sees him reunited with Amati founder and chief executive Dr Paul Jourdan, who he worked with at First State Investments as a senior equity analyst on the FSI British Smaller Companies Fund and FSI AIM VCT. From FSI, Zverev moved to Standard Life Investments where he ultimately became head of global equities. He then moved to Aviva Investors in 2018, where he had the same job title and relaunched the firm’s Global Equity Unconstrained strategy.
In a statement, Jourdan said Zverev had a proven track record and “tremendous insight into the ways in which the incredible rate of innovation in today’s industrial landscape creates opportunities for investors”.
“We first worked together on the First State British Smaller Companies Fund from 2002-2007, so I can say with some certainty, that his appointment will add considerable weight to our investment management resource. He joins us at a seminal moment in Amati’s growth trajectory, and we look forward to working with him as we extend our capabilities into this asset class.”
