Aviva Investors has appointed David Hedalen, formerly of abrdn, as head of real assets research.
Hedalen, who will report to Melanie Collett, managing director, asset management, real assets at Aviva Investors, will be based in London and be responsible for providing strategic research leadership across Aviva Investors’ £43bn real assets platform.
Hedalen spent the last 12 years at abrdn where he was head of UK and European investment strategy for real estate. He previously held roles at Investment Property Databank and M&G Investments.
Daniel McHugh, chief investment officer, real assets, at Aviva Investors, said: “David’s appointment sends a clear message about our ambition to further the growth our real assets business in the UK and Europe, whilst also continuing to provide our clients with the quality of investment thinking they have become accustomed to. We are delighted to attract someone of his calibre into a role which will be key in delivering on those objectives.
“David’s expertise in developing research aligned to commercial objectives and client needs will be critical in shaping the real assets research team’s work around key investment trends, our relative-value process, as well as the market and sector-level analysis which helps to drive investment activity across the entirety of our real assets platform.”
