Aviva builds credit research team in Mumbai

Aviva Investors announced today that it has appointed Jiten Joshi as head of knowledge services, leading a new Mumbai-based team of analysts to support the London-based credit team. Joshi reports to Mark Wauton, head of credit at Aviva’s London office.

The Mumbai team will cover investment grade and high yield as well as providing technical and risk analysis. In addition, Joshi will contribute to the development of absolute return capabilities for London managed products, focusing on special situations within the entire capital structure.

Joshi joins Aviva from Pali Capital, where he was director in special situations. Previously he held positions at ABN Amro where he co-managed the US exposure of a global credit proprietary trading desk. Before that he was at Gartmore Global Investments and JP Morgan Fleming.