AXA Wealth has appointed Andrew Smith, chief operating officer at platform provider Nucleus, to run the firm's Elevate platform which includes the firm's capital-protected range, Architas Diversified Protector funds. Smith will join the AXA Wealth senior management team as Elevate chief operating officer on 3 September and will report to Mike Kellard, chief executive at AXA Wealth. Kellard said that the appointment responds to the firm's commitment to strength its adviser offering ahead of the