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Aviva Investors to sell its £5bn indirect real estate business

Fund manager believed to be closing in on a deal with LaSalle Investment Management

Aviva Investors buys stake in two Scottish wind farms

Aviva Investors has acquired a 49% interest in a portfolio of UK onshore wind farms from Norwegian developer and operator of renewable energies Fred. Olsen Renewables for a total cash consideration of £117.3m ($160.7m).

Aviva Investors hires new heads for UK real estate business

Aviva appoints Blackie for third-party development

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, has appointed Steven Blackie as head of global product strategy to focus on the company's third-party business development.

Aviva provides £40m refinancing loan to Martin's Properties

Aviva Investors buys Norwegian educational centre for NOK 415.5m

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of UK insurer Aviva, has acquired an educational centre in Kristiansand, Norway, for NOK 415.5m ($53.4m).

L&G invests £180m in Woodside industrial estate

LGIM Real Assets, the property business of Legal & General (L&G) Investment Management, has acquired Woodside Industrial Estate in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, from investment firm Harbert Management Corporation for £182.3m ($256.9m).

Aviva Investors invests £113m in Salford office

Aviva Investors, the asset management business of the UK insurer, has agreed to fund the development of Two New Bailey Square, an office building in Salford, Manchester, for £113m ($158m).

Green Bonds: a primer

Insurers are looking more closely than ever at the current trend of green bond investment. But is this just a fashion? And what should investors be aware of when putting money into this still nascent sector? David Turner reports

Aviva tells affiliate manager to find more illiquid investments

Aviva has put finding more external business and more illiquid assets on this year's agenda for its affiliate manager, Aviva Investors.