AXA IM hires Barclays specialist to run healthcare funds

AXA IM has hired a sell-side healthcare specialist as the permanent replacement for former Health fund manager Gemma Game, who left the group last year.

Dani Saurymper, an equity research analyst specialising in European healthcare at Barclays Capital, is to join the group and take over management of the £564m Framlington Health fund on 27 April, subject to regulatory approval. He is also scheduled to take over management of the offshore, $105m WF Framlington Health fund on the same date. Both funds have been run by Mark Hargraves (pictured), head of global equities at AXA Framlington, since the departure of Game last summer. Saurymper's role will see him reunited with Linden Thomson, deputy manager of Framlington Health and lead mana...