Morley today boosted its Fixed Income team with the appointment of Chris Higham as fund manager. Chris rejoins Morley from Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK) and will focus on running retail credit portfolios alongside fund managers Dominic White and Roger Webb.
- Chris Higham returns to Morley
Morley today boosted its Fixed Income team with the appointment of Chris Higham as fund manager. Chris rejoins Morley from Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK) and will focus on running retail credit portfolios alongside fund managers Dominic White and Roger Webb.
Chris will commence his role in early November and will report to head of credit portfolio managers, Roger Webb.
Morley's head of credit portfolio managers, Roger Webb, said: "We're delighted that Chris has chosen to return to Morley to manage a number of our fixed income portfolios. It shows that Morley is offering attractive opportunities to high quality managers in a competitive environment. Chris's appointment demonstrates our commitment to developing our presence in the retail arena.
"With over £55 billion in bonds under management* and strong distribution partners, we are committed to offering a competitive range of credible retail products as well as traditional core products. We continue to reinforce Morley's fixed income team and anticipate making further appointments in the coming weeks," he said.
Chris Higham joins Morley from Old Mutual Asset Managers where he has been working as a fund manager since June 2005. He previously worked at Morley from September 1999 as a credit analyst. Chris co-managed the AA rated Old Mutual Dynamic Bond fund and deputy managed the Old Mutual Corporate Bond fund.
Chris's appointment follows an announcement in April, when a number of Morley's most talented fund managers were promoted from within the team. Long-standing credit portfolio manager Roger Webb was promoted to head of credit portfolio managers and Dominic White was given additional lead manager responsibilities on a number of retail funds.
Dominic, Roger and Chris look forward to working closely together in the management and continued development of Morley's retail capabilities.
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* as at 31 July 2007
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Beth Saint
Corporate Communications
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Notes to editors:
Morley
Morley is the UK-based asset management business of Aviva plc. Firms within the Morley group of companies manage £168bn (€250bn) from offices around the world as at 30 June 2007.
Morley manages both institutional and retail funds. It also acts as investment manager for a range of retail investment funds, marketed in the UK under the Norwich Union brand and in Europe under the Morley name. The property team manages in excess of £32bn (€48bn) of UK and European property assets.
Awards
- Morley ranks no 1 fund manager in the Thomson Extel SRI Survey, 2007
- Property Manager of the Year, UK Pensions Awards 2007
- Morley's G7 Fund awarded Fixed Income Hedge Fund of the Year, Eurohedge Awards 2007
- Equity End User of the Year - Derivatives Week DEAL Awards 2006
- Property Fund Manager of the Year, Pensions Management Awards 2006
- Best Commitment to Raising Standards of Trustee Education, Engaged Investor Awards 2006
- Property Fund Manager of the Year, Property Week Awards 2006
- SRI Provider of the Year, Global Pensions 2006
- Central European Property Awards 2005 - Outstanding Company of the Year & Investor of the Year
- UK Pensions Awards 2005 - Property Manager of the Year
- Property Week Awards 2004 - Best Property Fund Manager.
With more than 90 investment professionals, Morley's Property team manages a range of funds on behalf of institutional, pension and retail clients. Morley has been at the forefront of innovation in property fund management and has launched fourteen specialist sector based funds with partners, including: Igloo Regeneration Fund, Quercus Healthcare Property, The Junction and The Mall. Further information about Morley can be found at http://www.morleyfm.com/
Aviva
- Aviva is the leading provider 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 2006.
- 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.
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