Architas appoints head of intermediary sales

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Axa Wealth's multi-manager arm Architas has appointed former UBS GAM sales director James Bampton as head of intermediary sales.

Bampton will report to head of business development Cedric Bucher in the new role and will head up a new seven strong intermediary distribution team. He most recently spent more than five years as a sales director at UBS Global Asset Management. Prior to this, he was head of advisory sales for Fidelity International. Architas head of business development Cedric Bucher said: "We have continued to see very strong inflows across our risk profiled fund range during 2013. James' appointment to this new role is an extension of our strategy to respond to this adviser demand and make our fund...

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