Axa Framlington

Nigel Thomas, the £1.4bn AXA Framlington UK Select Opportunities fund manager, says he will continue to shun UK banking stocks, predicting the sector could face further pain.

OBSR has suspended its AAA rating on the AXA Framlington UK Smaller Companies fund following the departure of manager Roger Whiteoak.

AXA Framlington star fund manager Roger Whiteoak, manager of the UK Smaller Companies fund, has left the firm.

Axa Framlington UK Growth fund manager Jamie Hooper can understand takeover approaches for Friends Provident, a stock he labels "clearly a buy, not a sell".

AXA Framlington will rename its Mark Tinker-run £119.1m Managed Growth offering to the Global Opportunities fund.

AXA Framlington has appointed Anu Narula as fund manager to work alongside Mark Tinker on the management and development of its global equity fund range.

AXA Framlington star manager Nigel Thomas plans to keep to his proven "value enhancing" proposition as he tackles a US and UK slowdown in 2008.

Forsyth-OBSR has suspended the A and AA ratings on AXA Framlington's biotech and health funds following Gareth Powell's resignation.

AXA Framlington has appointed Jeremy Gleeson to run its global technology offering.

Axa Investment Managers is rationalising its multi-manager branding as part of the shift to move management of funds under the Axa Framlington name.