Aviva

ASIA - Aviva Investors has appointed Patrick Chong as head of financial institutions business development - Asia Pacific.

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Flexible benefit platforms and corporate wraps have been touted as key ways to engage employees with their pensions.

A coalition of institutional investors is to call on United Nations member states to develop a global policy framework requiring listed companies to integrate sustainability information within their annual report and accounts.

GLOBAL - A coalition of institutional investors is to call on United Nations member states to develop a global policy framework requiring listed companies to integrate sustainability information within their annual report and accounts.

AUSTRALIA - Aviva Investors has sold its Australia business to National Australia Bank's asset management business as part of a restructure within its Asia Pacific operation.

UK - Annuity rates could hit their lowest point for two years as the sovereign debt crises hits gilt yields, experts believe.

Annuity rates could hit their lowest point for two years as the sovereign debt crises hits gilt yields.

Aviva has reported UK operating profits up 3% for the first half of the year, and highlighted auto-enrolment as an area of opportunity.

The aggregate pension deficit for the UK's biggest companies dropped by 63% in the last year thanks to shifting indexation measures and continuing high levels of employer contributions.