The latest moves in wealth management across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Aviva Investors
Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, has appointed  Carmen Altenkirch as a sovereign analyst in its emerging market debt team.

In this newly-created role, she will be based in London and report to Liam Spillane, head of emerging market debt.

Altenkirch, who has over 10 years of experience in the sector, will work closely with hard-currency fund managers Aaron Grehan and Michael McGill.

She worked previously at AXA Investment Managers and Fitch Ratings.

JP Morgan AM
JP Morgan Asset Management has appointed Marie-Claire Bolton and Masami Takizawa as executive directors, global real estate client portfolio Mmanagement. Both are new positions and effective immediately.

Bolton is based in London and reports to Pete Reilly, head of real estate Europe. Bolton joins the firm from the JPMorgan Private Bank, where she was a senior investment advisor for the UK investment team and was responsible for business development and maintaining strategic client relationships

Takizawa is based in Tokyo and reports to Ben Aiken, head of real estate Asia-Pacific client portfolio management. Takizawa joins JP Morgan from UBS Asset Management, where she was co-head of real estate and private markets, Japan.

Both Bolton and Takizawa are responsible for advising clients and the forging of strong relationships with institutional investors in their respective regions for a global real estate platform with more than $82 billion in gross assets under management and leadership positions in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.  Bolton will partner with institutions across Europe and the Middle East. Takizawa will work with Japanese institutions.