Axa Framlington

Joined on 1 August

Focus on high-quality companies

11 years at company

Jamie Hooper to take over fund

No assigned fund as yet

To focus on flexible equities strategies

Costs "unsustainable"

Long term succession planning

Dan Harlow, co-manager of the AXA Framlington American Growth fund, assesses the opportunities as the US market faces a 'mid-cycle pull back'.

AXA Investment Managers has handed its onshore emerging markets fund, previously managed by head of emerging markets Julian Thompson, to Ian Smith and Paul Birchenough in a team reshuffle.