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AXA IM includes ESG in smart beta offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has developed a smart beta investment option that includes environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. The ESG version of AXA IM's SmartBeta solution will be presented to institutional investors as an alternative ...

AXA IM to expand outside of Europe

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... presence outside of Europe, with plans to strengthen its footprint in Asia, including Australia and Japan, and the Americas. AXA IM former head of consultant relations Tim Gardener will head up a new global institutional client group to support growth. ...

AXA IM launches global equity smart beta product

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013

Retirees warned: beware the 'great rotation'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... equities could see Australian retirees swimming against the current, according to a new paper by AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). The paper, entitled 'The Great Rotation', analyses the potential for a mass global move from bonds to equities, as global ...

GFC derails wealth fee growth by $30bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... growth-oriented product suite and into income-oriented products and active-passive strategies. This month fund manager AXA IM launched SmartBeta products, which are alternative solutions to index trackers. Craig Hurt, AXA IM's director of Australia & ...

AXA IM launches two SmartBeta products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... Investment Managers has announced the launch of two new smart beta products, designed as alternatives to index trackers. The AXA IM SmartBeta Equity and AXA IM SmartBeta Bond strategies use rules based filters to reduce exposure to risks associated with ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... will manage reputational risk associated with some sovereign debt assets without materially impacting quality or duration. AXA IM's global head of responsible investment, Matt Christensen, said that the eurozone debt crisis has amplified the importance ...

SmartBeta solution tackles passive MySuper index approach: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has released a series of corporate bond strategies intended to help super funds address MySuper requirements. 'SmartBeta' credit strategies enable super funds to achieve low-cost global credit exposure without the drawbacks ...

Benchmarks stop us thinking: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... might be taking to becoming tools for preventing the taking of risk," said Mark Tinker, fund manager, AXA Framlington (AXA IM's qualitative equities platform). Tinker said that in some cases, the reliance on benchmarks was forcing people into incorrect ...

ESG sheds light on Sov debt crisis: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Environmental, social and governance research has a role to play as Europe's sovereign debt crisis blurs the lines between the definitions of developed and developing nations, according to a global responsible investment expert. A lot of the countries ...