Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has hired Mathew Parker to its UK Equity team.
Based in London, he joins the business today (29 April), and will report to Trevor Green, head of UK Equities.
Parker joins from Columbia Threadneedle where he led their UK All Cap and UK Mid Cap equity strategies for the CT Universal Multi-Asset Portfolios.
He holds over 20 years’ experience in various roles including portfolio manager, portfolio assistant and analyst roles at BMO Global Asset Management (prior to being acquired by Columbia Threadneedle) and F&C.
He will be co-portfolio manager alongside Charlotte Meyrick on both the Aviva Investors UK Equity Unconstrained Strategy, and the Aviva Investors UK Small and Mid-Cap Strategy. In addition to this, he will assume analyst coverage responsibilities within the Energy, Materials and Utilities sector hubs.
This appointment represents the second addition to the UK equity team this year, following the hire of Kunal Kothari as a portfolio manager in February, and marks a further strengthening of the team’s capabilities in this space.
Trevor Green, head of UK Equities, Aviva Investors, said: “I am pleased to welcome Mathew to our UK Equities team and look forward to working with him. He brings with him a strong track record and a wealth of industry knowledge that will only add to the existing expertise within the team.”
