Aviva Investors has named a new chief executive for its French operation, while Axa Investment Managers has boosted its responsible investment team. Overseas Trust and Pension has appointed a managing director, with Pimco adding an emerging markets strategist and a portfolio manager.
Friends Provident International and Old Mutual Global Investors have announced senior appointments in Asia. Legal & General Investment Management has created a new head of wealth management role and Axa IM has boosted its UK distribution efforts with its latest recruit.
Axa Investment Managers has launched an inflation-focused, short duration bond fund
Legal & General has named a Whitehall veteran as group chairman, while Axa has announced a series of senior level changes. Schroders has promoted from within to fill its head of multi-asset investment role.
Axa Investment Managers has appointed a new head of insurance solutions for its UK operations. Investec Asset Management has added a portfolio manager to its multi-asset team, while Standard Life International has created a new head of institutional sales role in Japan.
French insurance giant Axa has unveiled a five-year strategic plan aimed at transforming the company’s business model from “payer to partner”.
Axa Investment Managers has appointed a deputy manager to its Framlington American growth fund. Sanlam has named two senior changes and a retirement, while Hermes EOS has appointed a director of engagement.
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Insurers are failing to adapt to changing customer needs and technology, instead focusing more on complying with new regulations, a new report by KPMG has found.
Axa promotes internally to fill chief operating officer role for its Asian operations, while Walker Crips hires ex-Nutmeg head of compliance. Rowan Dartington appoints new investment manager in its London office, as China’s GFI gets new chief investment officer.
Some form of state-provided consumer protection covering financial products is needed to overcome the “advice gap” in the UK, says Simon Willoughby, head of Proposition for Axa Wealth International.
Amundi announces a high-profile global advisory board, while Pictet names ex-Goldman Sachs director Dominique Joories to head its Singaporean banking unit. Axa reveals Jean-Laurent Granier, the chief executive of the group’s Mediterranean and Latam divisions, will step down next month while prominent figures from the UK’s insurance industry join trade body ABI.
