Exclusive: UK's Aviva Investors bought $108m of Israeli government bonds in January sale

Exclusive: UK's Aviva Investors bought $108m of Israeli government bonds in January sale Submitted by Sebastian Shehadi on Thu, 04/23/2026 - 12:51 Insurance giant's asset management arm was among biggest international buyers earlier this year - but then quietly reduced its stake Aviva's logo outside the company's London headquarters, photographed in 2019 (Simon Dawson/Reuters) Off Aviva Investors, the asset management division of the UK’s largest general insurer, purchased $108m worth of Israeli government bonds in January, Middle East Eye can reveal. Governments issue bonds to raise money for public spending or to repay debts. For Israel, those bond sales have been crucial to the financing of its wars in Gaza , Lebanon and Iran .