Stephen Paul Kelly

AXA IM-UK focuses on investment areas where they have a competitive edge within each asset class. They are organized in small investment teams dedicated to a specific instrument, sector, region or strategy. Each team is supported by a shared pool of fundamental research resources and empowered to make investment decisions. With fundamental research at the core of their process, their investment professionals seek out and develop sources of alpha across world markets. AXA IM-UK's research is organized along investment strategy, equity and fixed-income and is supported by proprietary quantitative resources and an extensive company visit program.

AFIM is an active, bottom-up and GARP-oriented investment manager which utilizes a fundamental approach to select stocks, aiming to consistently deliver investment outperformance. Primarily an equity investment manager, the firm invests in companies which are expected to produce above-average earnings growth and dividends over a complete economic cycle. AFIM performs most of their research internally, and the investment team considers the quality of a company's management and financial position, the industry in which it operates and its competitive position, before making the investment decision.