Architas to run Axa's £22bn Euro multi-manager 'hub'

The move brings together Axa Wealth's multi-manager investment business Architas - which includes the recently acquired Axa Investment Managers proposition - as well as the group's private management businesses in France and Belgium. They will now come under one wider 'hub' managed by Architas and encompassing some €30bn (£22bn) in assets under management. It will include 150 staff across London, Paris and Brussels, headed up by current Architas chief executive Hans Georgeson. Axa Wealth chief Mike Kellard said: "Architas funds are central to our proposition here in the UK, and lev...