AXA IM hires two economists covering the G7 and EM Asia

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has made two new hires to bolster its Macroeconomics research team, Gabriella Dickens as G7 Economist, and Danny Richards as EM Asia Economist. Based in London, they will report to David Page, Head of Macroeconomic Research.

• Gabriella joins from Pantheon Macroeconomics, where she was a UK Economist forecasting key UK macro variables, such as employment, unemployment, wage growth, trade, house prices, mortgage rates, survey data, business investment, inflation and GDP. She also helped to model and form the company’s medium-term outlook.
• Danny joins from GlobalData, where he was Lead Economist overseeing the production of economic forecast data and construction industry reports for 90 countries, with individual responsibility for analysis on major markets, including Australia, China, South Korea, UK and US.

Commenting on the appointments, David Page, Head of Macroeconomic Research at AXA IM, said: “At AXA IM we strive to provide the best possible insights into economies and markets for our fund managers and clients to make well informed investment decisions. Continuing in that vein, we believe Gabriella and Danny bring with them a wealth of experience and will help us provide timely insights into the G7 and emerging market Asia economies.” 

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Biographies

Gabriella Dickens

Gabriella Dickens is G7 Economist at AXA IM. She was previously UK Economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics since 2021. Here she focused on forecasting key UK macro variables and preparing rapid responses to the latest UK data. Gabriella began her career in 2015 working for the Government Economic Service, before joining Capital Economics as an Assistant Economist in 2018. Gabriella holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Loughborough, and a master’s in economics and econometrics from the University of Nottingham.

Danny Richards

Danny Richards is  EM Asia Economist at AXA IM. Prior to joining, he held senior positions at the Economist Intelligence Unit, which he joined in 2000 and where he led economic forecast production and developed risk assessment models, before joining GlobalData in 2012. Danny holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nottingham in Economics and Econometrics, along with a master’s in development finance from the School of Oriental and African Studies.