Jim Stride is set to retire from Axa Investment Managers this month after 33 years at the helm of the £892m Axa Distribution fund and 41 years in asset management.
The entire Axa Distribution fund range will be taken over fully by Jamie Forbes-Wilson and Matthew Huddart, who have been co-managers on the Distribution range with Stride (pictured) since February 2016. Forbes-Wilson joined Axa IM in 2003 and has managed the Axa Framlington Blue Chip Equity Income fund since inception. Huddart joined the UK equities desk in 2000 and became co-manager of the Axa Ethical Distribution fund and Axa Defensive Distribution fund in February 2016. The Distribution fund range is part of Axa IM's UK equity franchise, and the co-managers will continue to be par...
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