Gemma Michelle Cowie

AIGSL is an active, research-oriented manager which invests in all major asset classes including equity, fixed-income, real estate and cash. They also have expertise in SRI and alternative investments. The firm manages equity funds and fixed-income funds, following long-only and hedged strategies. They specialize in UK-related markets and share research globally throughout Aviva divisions. AIGSL employs a bottom-up investment process based on fundamental financial analysis and valuation and informed by top-down macro-economic research. They select stock by focusing on favorable industry sectors and utilize a dividend discount model. Determinant criteria include return on assets, price-to-book ratio and a low historical price-to-earnings ratio.