Axa UK hires two fixed-income managers

Axa Investment Managers has hired two fixed-income portfolio managers in the UK.

Philip Chow and Mark Benstead join from F&C Asset Management and RBC Capital Markets respectively and report to Denis Gould, head of fixed income for the UK and Asia at Axa in London.

Chow joins the team responsible for rates strategy and portfolio management. He worked at F&C for two years managing UK and global fixed income. He has also worked as head of UK and global spread product at WestLB Asset Management in