Aviva Capital Management (ACM), a premier global investment advisory firm, has named James P Bailey as senior vice president, head of institutional sales. Jim is responsible for overseeing the sales and marketing efforts of ACM's expanding third party investment management business.
Aviva Capital Management (ACM), a premier global investment advisory firm, has named James P Bailey as senior vice president, head of institutional sales. Jim is responsible for overseeing the sales and marketing efforts of ACM's expanding third party investment management business.
Jim joins ACM with nearly 20 years of financial experience as an investment adviser and risk manager. Jim was previously a vice president at Brown Brothers Harriman. In his 12 year tenure there, Jim most recently led the New York based firm's institutional investment management direct sales efforts. Prior to Brown Brothers Harriman & Co, Jim was a corporate treasury manager at DMB&B, a leading advertising and communications agency, and a senior consultant at Deloitte & Touche's Financial Services Industry Management Consulting Group.
Gregory D Boal, president of Aviva Capital Management, stated: "Jim's experience and specialization in business development, product development and target marketing will prove strong as he works to deliver Aviva Capital Management's agenda. We look forward to having Jim on-board."
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About Aviva Capital Management
ACM, an SEC registered and GIPS compliant investment adviser, specializes in institutional income-driven asset management and has nearly $20 billion* in assets under management with over 80** employees.
About Aviva
Aviva is one of the leading providers of life and pensions to Europe with substantial positions in other markets around the world, making it the world's fifth largest insurance group based on gross worldwide premiums at 31 December 2005. Aviva is ranked 28th on the Fortune Global 500.
Aviva's principal business activities are long-term savings, fund management and general insurance, with worldwide total sales of £41.5 billion and assets under management of £364 billion at 31 December 2006.
On November 15, 2006, Aviva grew its existing US presence by acquiring AmerUs Group, headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. Nationally, AmerUs Group is ranked number one in sales of indexed life insurance and number two in sales of indexed annuities.
Aviva USA has $36.2 billion in assets as of December 31, 2006, and is headquartered in Des Moines. It also has offices in Boston, New York, Indianapolis and Topeka. Aviva's US employees are committed to helping customers meet their long-term savings, insurance and retirement income needs. http://www.avivausa.com/
*Assets under management as of December 31, 2006, based on discretionary assets. All amounts in USD.
**Employees included are Aviva Capital Management and its affiliate Inflective Asset Management.