Caspar Rock departs AXA Fram for Architas

Rock has been appointed as deputy chief investment officer of Architas and will continue to run the six funds, which will all change their names and include the AXA Framlington Multimanager Reserve fund and the Multimanager Growth fund. Alongside his portfolio management responsibilities, Rock will also work closely with Richard Philbin, the recently appointed CIO of Architas, on the development of new portfolio propositions. AXA says Architas will provide a multi-manager offering that will include investment propositions and product design in a “guided architecture” format. Mike Kellard...