Aviva Investors today announced that Alistair Dryer is joining its global real estate multi-manager team as a fund manager.
Aviva Investors today announced that Alistair Dryer is joining its global real estate multi-manager team as a fund manager. Alistair will have responsibility for multi-manager mandates for institutional clients.
Alistair moves to Aviva Investors from ING Real Estate, where he has worked since 1999, most recently as a senior fund manager. Part of his role included managing the ING Osiris Property Fund.
Nick Mansley, global director of multi-manager at Aviva Investors, said: "We are pleased to have such an experienced person as Alistair joining our growing multi-manager business. We see this as an important growth area in our plans and one we are committing resources to."
Alistair Dryer said: "This is a challenging role and I'm looking forward to joining Aviva Investors and helping deliver their growth plans."
Aviva Investors manages over £3 billion of multi-manager mandates globally. The 17 person real estate multi-manager team works in London, New York and Singapore on segregated indirect real estate portfolios and mandates for institutional clients.
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