AXA Investment Managers has appointed Benjamin Rumary as investment sales manager for the Channel Islands, Ireland and the southwest of the UK.

Rumary joins from LV= Asset Management, where he was investment sales manager for the south of England and London, a role in which he liaised with funds of funds, family offices, discretionary wealth managers and IFAs.

In his new role Rumary is responsible for the sale of AXA Investment Managers’ products to both discretionary and wholesale clients across his three geographical markets.

In another recent hire, October saw Francisco Arcilla named as global head of AXA Investment Managers’ funds of hedge funds business.

Arcilla joined from EIM, where he was latterly co-head of investments, overseeing a team running $7.5 billion in assets for a variety of institutional investors.

In his new role Arcilla reports to Thibaud de Vitry, global head of the investment solutions business, and also sits on the firm’s executive committee.