Axa Framlington

AXA IM has promoted Henry Lowson to become lead manager of its £54m AXA Framlington UK Smaller Companies fund.

AXA Framlington UK Select Opportunities manager Nigel Thomas has highlighted a US manufacturing renaissance as one of the key themes in his portfolio this year.

Nigel Thomas, manager of the £3.2bn AXA Framlington UK Select Opportunities fund, has sold out of his position in supermarket chain Tesco for fear of ongoing problems in its UK business.

MULTI-MANAGERS

Nigel Thomas, manager of the £2.8bn AXA Framlington UK Select Opportunities fund, has said UK equities are cheap, but have little scope to rise in the current environment.

AXA IM has launched the AXA WF Framlington Natural Resources fund, a global equity offering managed by Sebastien Lagarde and Olivier Eugene.

European markets could see heavy losses in a rapid US-style flash crash, warned Nigel Thomas, manager of the £2.8bn AXA Framlington Select Opportunities fund.

Guillaume de Corbiac, manager of the AXA WF Framlington Emerging Markets Talents fund, has left the firm to pursue other opportunities.

ON EMERGING MARKETS

Chris Manser is leaving AXA Investment Managers at the end of June, to pursue other opportunities closer to his home in Zurich.