Axa IM loses Asia-Pacific chief after six months

French fund house Axa Investment Managers has lost its Asia-Pacific chief executive, Simon Flood, just six months after he took up the role, AsianInvestor can confirm. Flood’s appointment as CEO had been announced in July last year as Axa IM sought to accelerate its expansion in the region, as reported. His mandate was to grow the firm’s third-party assets through geographic expansion, client segmentation and strengthening of its product offering. Flood had taken up the role o…