Former Aviva Investors global equities managers Richard Saldanha (pictured), Francois de Bruin and Matt Kirby have joined Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), while Mike Fox has been named as the firm’s head of equities.
Saldanha, de Bruin and Kirby exited Aviva in August.
As part of the move, Saldanha has been named lead manager of the Royal London Global Equity Income fund and a manager on the Global Equity Select fund which De Bruin will head.
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Kirby will co-manage the Global Equity Income and Global Equity Diversified funds.
Meanwhile, head of sustainable investments Mike Fox has been appointed head of equities following Peter Rutter’s decision to exit RLAM to set up his own boutique back in April.
Fox joined the firm in 2013 and manages a range of sustainable portfolios.
Saldanha joined Aviva Investors in 2006, and has managed global equity income mandates for the firm since 2009.
De Bruin was previously an analyst at Bridge Fund Managers, before arriving at Aviva in 2014.
Kirby began his investment career at Aviva in 2016 as a graduate intern, before becoming an analyst covering European healthcare a year later.
He was promoted to co-portfolio manager of the Aviva Investors European Equity strategy in 2020.
