AXA Global Investors

Reaching your goals is all about having the right people making the investment decisions - find out about AXA Global Investors, they’re the investment experts who research the markets and create AXA’s investment strategy

Generally speaking, investment is about using your money to make you money. Making sure that your investment works hard is the role of AXA Global Investors.

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When you invest through AXA in New Zealand, your money is invested in local and global investment markets. Day to day your investment is looked after by fund managers both here and around the world, whose job it is to prudently manage your investment, in order to achieve the best possible returns for you.

One of the keys to investment success is making sure that your investment is being managed by quality fund managers. It’s a case of picking the right fund managers - the best of the best.

Selecting the most effective fund managers is vital because the world’s markets change and move dynamically, and understanding which fund managers have the right stuff is key.

It’s also important to understand market trends, and being able to anticipate where the investment opportunities might lie. And it’s also a question of designing investment portfolios and products that are able to take full advantage of those opportunities as they emerge.

AXA Global Investors is highly regarded and trusted by financial advisers as a leading investment "manager of managers".

The AXA Global Investors team carefully analyse global investment research and market intelligence, appointing the fund managers around the world who are responsible for looking after your investment.

In short, we believe AXA Global Investors select the best fund managers and assist in positioning portfolios for optimal performance.

Why research is so important

Remember the old saying ‘don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story’?

Newspapers and the news media generally are mainly concerned with short-term ‘daily news’ and this isn’t always the best way to get a true picture of what’s happening, in the long term, particularly for investors.

It’s important to remember that financial market returns are unpredictable in the short term but are generally more reliable over longer time periods.

Real investment news comes from meticulous research and understanding how the world’s economy and investments might behave over a longer time frame.

When you invest through AXA you can be confident that the AXA Global Investors investment process is based on high quality research backed by sound, experienced judgement.

AXA Global Investors key facts:

  • Established in 1999
  • Manages over NZ$3 billion of assets
  • 13 staff located in Wellington
  • Fully owned by AXA Asia Pacific
  • www.axagi.co.nz