Pasha eager to set record straight on Aviva cutbacks

Aviva Investors’ Asian chief executive for equities and fixed income, Tahnoon Pasha, has sought to clarify what he sees as a misunderstanding over the firm’s streamlining drive. Last month it emerged that UK insurer Aviva was to cut 160 jobs from its asset management arm in London, equating to about 12% of its global workforce. This forms part of a drive to focus on what the firm has identified as core strengths in fixed income, property and multi-asset funds. Reports have corre…