Liu is to be London based, reporting to senior fund manager Will Ballard.
In the new role, Xiaoyu will work closely with Ballard and Ed Wiltshire on the Aviva Investors Asia Equity Income fund, the Emerging Market Equity Income fund and the Emerging Market Small Cap fund.
She joins from the emerging market equity team at JP Morgan Asset Management, where she was a technology, telecoms and industrials specialist, and more recently focused on small and mid-sized companies across Asia. Prior to that, she worked at UBS in its global equity team.
"Xiaoyu has a deep knowledge of emerging market equities and strong experience of stock and country analysis,” said David Lis, CIO for equities and multi-assets. “I am certain she will make a strong contribution to the team as we continue to grow our capability in this area.”
