AXA IM appoints UK head

Paris-based Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM) has appointed Martin Hall as head of Axa IM UK, effective from June. He will be based in London and report to Nathalie Boullefort-Fulconis, global head of sales, marketing and client services at Axa IM.

He joins Axa IM UK from Fidelity International, where he was co-head of fixed-income. Prior to his stint at Fidelity, Hall was head of institutional sales and marketing at Morley Fund Management and chief investment officer, fixed-income for Norwich Union Investment Management. He has also worked at Morgan Grenfell Asset Management and as an economist at the Bank of England.