Aviva Investors, the UK-based asset management arm of the insurance firm Aviva, has appointed Andrew Lake as fund manager of the group’s high yield bond fund, MoneyMarketing reports.

According to the publication, Lake has been brought in to take pressure off Chris Higham, who has been running both the high yield bond and the corporate bond fund on an interim basis. Now, Higham will take on the lead management of the corporate bond fund.

Lake joins from F&C where he co-managed European and global high yield portfolios.

Additionally, James Vokins has been appointed manager of the monthly income plus fund. He joined the group in 2005 and then worked as an investment analyst before taking on several investment grade institutional funds in 2008.