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Retail Asia12/05/2022
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Axa Switzerland is expanding its focus on health by backing a start-up offering digital health solutions at work. Axa Switzerland is supporting health tech start-up Kinastic as a lead investor, it said in a statement Thursday, without disclosing further details of the deal. Kinastic is an app offered to staff by their employers to improve health in […]

Retail Asia01/04/2021
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AXA Investment Managers hires a former executive from Pictet Asset Management as its Asia head of institutional sales. AXA IM has hired Carmen Lai as its head of institutional sales for Asia, according to a statement, reporting to APAC head of client group core Terence Lam in the Hong Kong-based role. Lai will oversee the development of AXA IM’s […]

Retail Asia22/01/2021
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Three bidders have reportedly emerged as frontrunners for AXA’s business in Singapore after the French insurer first signaled a potential sale in August last year. HSBC, Malayan Banking’s insurance joint venture Etiqa and an at least one Chinese firm are reportedly in the running, according to a «Bloomberg» report citing unnamed sources. Etiqa was established in 2005 […]

Retail Asia12/01/2021
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AXA Insurance names a new managing director to lead its life strategic business unit, succeeding incumbent Sean Goh. Li Choo Kwek-Perroy joins as a managing director for AXA Insurance’s life strategic business unit, according to a statement, while Goh will leave the firm to pursue other opportunities. In her new role, Kwek-Perroy reports to Jean Drouffe, chief executive […]

Retail Asia12/08/2020
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The French insurer is reportedly considering the sale of its Singapore business as part of plans to raise funds by divesting peripheral operations. The firm is working with an adviser on the potential sale, which could take place in the next few weeks, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The business, […]

Retail Asia10/08/2020
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The firm’s real estate investment arm has acquired the ¥39 billion ($369 million) Tokyo logistics facility in a joint venture with fund manager ESR. The ESR-Axa vehicle purchased the 142,000-square-meter ESR Kuki, located in the north-eastern area of Saitama prefecture, from ESR-managed vehicle Redwood Japan Logistics Fund II (RJLF II) and co-investors. The site is […]

Retail Asia02/07/2020
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The acquisition forms part of the firm’s wider long term strategy on behalf of clients to invest in residential asset classes it believes are supported by strong demographic drivers. Axa Investment Managers (IM) – Real Assets has added to its €20 billion portfolios of residential assets under management spread across 15 countries, with the purchase […]

Retail Asia15/04/2020
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The firm has launched a Hong Kong-based asset management business and made several appointments to support its growth. Architas, part of the global Axa group, was approved by Hong Kong regulators as an asset manager last week. The firm announced several appointments: Zaid Alrifai as head of Architas Asia; Mai Khanh Vo as chief investment officer; and Beatrice Jiang as head […]

Retail Asia06/03/2020
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Axa Insurance Singapore named a managing director for retail and health, as part of a broader strategy to streamline its businesses. Effective immediately, Julien Callard will lead the retail and health strategic business unit in a newly expanded role, with responsibility for driving the continued growth of Axa’s retail business and health business as well as the […]

Retail Asia02/03/2020
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Axa Mandiri Financial Services, one of Indonesia’s major insurance companies, expects to maintain double-digit growth in premium income this year, by tapping into the large customer base of its parent company, Bank Mandiri. Axa Mandiri Financial Services (Axa Mandiri)’s president director Handojo G. Kusuma said that the insurer would market its products more intensively to customers of Bank […]

Retail Asia28/02/2020
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Axa Mandiri Financial Services, one of Indonesia’s major insurance companies, expects to maintain double-digit growth in premium income this year, by tapping into the large customer base of its parent company, Bank Mandiri. Axa Mandiri Financial Services (Axa Mandiri)’s president director Handojo G. Kusuma said that the insurer would market its products more intensively to customers of Bank […]

Retail Asia20/02/2020
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AXA appoints a chief strategy and customer officer for Asian markets to place an even greater emphasis on the region including a doubling down on mainland China. AXA appoints Dongjun Choi in his newly expanded role in addition to the strategic development office. Choi will be responsible for finance and operations & technology alongside health and distribution, reporting to Gordon […]

Retail Asia14/02/2020
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AXA Investment Managers as launched its All China Evolving Trends strategy, which aims to provide investors with access to the growing pot of investable Chinese equities listed both in China and abroad. The strategy will invest in A-Shares listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges traded via the HongKong Stock Connect, H-shares listed in […]

Retail Asia20/12/2019
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The acquisition aims to capitalize on the high demand for student housing in Australia, the third most popular country for international students. A joint venture comprising AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets, Allianz and APG have agreed to acquire Urbanest, a portfolio of student accommodation properties in four major Australian cities, AXA IM – Real Assets announced in […]

Retail Asia16/10/2018
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AXA Insurance and Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) have announced the launch of a pilot for AXA@POST Virtual Assist, a digital sales advisory service that virtually connects SingPost customers with AXA Financial Consultants who can provide high quality advice and services. This is the first advisory service in Singapore that provides financial advice to customers remotely, coupled with […]

Retail Asia18/05/2017
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Singtel has collaborated with AXA Insurance to launch a joint smart car solution aimed at promoting better and safer driving habits. The joint solution comprises a Modus smart car device synchronized with a cloud-based smart car application over Singtel’s mobile networks. It analyzes driving patterns through a vehicle’s On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) port. Features include driver […]

Retail Asia04/08/2016
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AXA, Alibaba and Ant Financial Services have agreed jointly explore opportunities to distribute AXA’s insurance products and services through Alibaba’s global e-commerce ecosystem. The deal is expected to benefit the businesses and consumers that transact via Alibaba’s marketplaces. The companies will work together to co-innovate and to develop value-added products and services to customers around […]


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