Aviva Investors appoints head of real assets research

Aviva Investors has appointed David Hedalen as head of real assets research.

Based in London, Hedalen will be responsible for providing strategic research leadership across the full breadth of Aviva Investors’ £43 billion (€50 billion/$51 billion) real assets platform, ensuring research continues to play a critical role in informing and shaping the firm’s investment decisions and delivery of its commercial strategy.

Hedalen joins Aviva Investors with more than 15 years’ experience in U.K. and European real assets research, most recently spending 12 years at abrdn, where he was head of U.K. and European investment strategy for real estate. He has also held roles at Investment Property Databank and M&G Investments.