Aviva multi-asset manager announces departure

Nick Samouilhan and Peter Fitzgerald are taking over the management of a range of Aviva Investors multi-asset funds following the departure of manager Justin Onuekwusi.

Aviva multi-asset manager announces departure

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Samouilhan was deputy manager on the Aviva Multi Asset I – V series, and Fitzgerald is co-head of multi manager at the firm. The Multi Asset II, IV and V were launched in November 2010, with I and III being added to the roster in February 2012, following a rebrand of the range.

The best- and worst-performing funds in the suite have been IV and I respectively; their performance versus the benchmark in shown in the graph below.

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Onuekwusi has left Aviva to pursue other opportunities. He had been with the firm since 2010, before which he was a vice president at Merrill Lynch and senior investment analyst at Aon Consulting.

In a statement, the firm said: “Multi-asset funds at Aviva Investors have always been managed with a team-based investment process with investment decisions being taken by the fund managers based on inputs from the wider multi asset solutions group of 21 investment professionals.”

Yesterday we revealed the Aviva Investors UK Absolute Return Fund had been moved from the IMA Absolute Return sector to the Specialist sector following the change in description of the sector. 

 

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