Axa

Architas is increasing exposure to UK stocks across its multi-manager range, awarding mandates to Majedie Asset Management and TT International.

The rapid rise in the price of crude is reviving fears of a double-dip recession, Chris Iggo at AXA Investment Managers says.

Portugal is set to receive a financial rescue package from the EU within a month, as the country's high borrowing costs are increasingly untenable, says Chris Iggo at AXA.

AXA's senior portfolio manager Julie Lamirel is planning to add emerging market debt to her £20m Sterling Credit Short Duration Bond fund due to the attractive yields on offer.

AXA head of UK equities Jim Stride gives his top tips for sensible long-term investing in the UK market

AXA Investment Managers is launching a UK mid-cap fund in early March, subject to FSA approval.

AXA's multi-manager firm Architas is planning to launch a series of Ucits ‘distributor' funds midway through this year as part of a push into Europe.

The first month of 2011 has already seen developments for AXA's multi-manager firm Architas, with Caspar Rock becoming chief investment officer in January.

Raising interest rates too fast this year in an attempt to stem inflation would be the ‘ultimate policy error', says Caspar Rock, CIO at Architas.

Sovereign credit risk and a rise in interest rates could threaten the credit market by impacting the cost of funding companies and eroding the value of bonds, says Julie Lamirel at Axa Investment Managers.