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F&C Investments' marketing head Tracy Fennell has left the firm, following a corporate restructure.

Mirabaud Asset Management has poached AXA Investment Management's Anu Narula to run a new global equity portfolio.

Mark Hargraves, senior portfolio manager at AXA Framlington (an expertise of AXA Investment Managers), reminds investors that corporate profitability, where Europe scores highly, drives equity returns, not GDP growth.

AXA Wealth's Elevate platform has seen assets under management increase 50% from £4bn to £6bn, according to its first quarter results.

Architas has expanded its distribution team with the appointment of Philippe Broadhead and Daniel Haylett.

The Financial Conduct Authority is to ban firms with platform and fund management arms effectively giving away platform services for free, in return for investment into its in-house funds.

A breakaway movement of platforms pushing for special share classes could create a ‘cartel' between bigger firms, according to AXA Elevate.

AXA Investment Managers' head of emerging market equities, Julian Thompson, has named Mexico as his top pick from among the EM countries in his investment universe.

Platforms have predicted the swift death of the rebate model following confirmation that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will apply income tax to both unit and cash rebates.

Schroders today announced it is in talks with Cazenove Capital about a potential takeover of the group, as the FTSE 100 giant moves to fill a Richard Buxton-shaped hole in its UK equity desk.