Mercer has appointed David Anderson as the managing director and market leader for Australia/New Zealand to replace Peter Promnitz, who will now focus solely on his role as region head for Asia Pacific.
Prudential Real Estate Investment Management, the property investment arm of M&G, has appointed Justin Upton as deputy fund manager.
Multi boutique asset manager Hermes is preparing to launch a global government and inflation bonds strategy in the next few months.
The GBP6 billion alternative investment boutique Future Capital Partners has bolstered its team by appointing Kirsty Saxby as HR director.
Towers Watson has appointed Emma Hunt as senior investment consultant with the group’s sustainable investment team.
Nordic asset manager Alfred Berg has boosted its quantitative equity team with the appointment of Amitabh Dugar as portfolio manager and Larry Pohlman as cio.
David Leggo, chairman of the Australian AvSuper board, will soon retire, following 18 years of service.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has named Mark Neale as its new ceo, replacing Loretta Minghella.
The GBP6 billion alternatives investment boutique Future Capital Partners has bolstered its sales team with the appointment of Glen Stewart as business development manager.
Specialist corporate finance advisory firm Penfida Partners has boosted its team by making three new appointments.
The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority has hired Lawrence Churchill as chair designate for its newly-branded National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).
Neil Harvey, deputy ceo and chairman international at Renaissance Group, has taken the position of managing director and head of Asia Pacific and head of emerging markets at Credit Suisse’s asset management business.
The Investment Management Association, the trade body for the U.K.’s asset management industry, has started the new year with a series of top appointments to its board.
Charles Stanley, a London-based advisory firm, has hired Andrew Atkins as head of new fund sales and distribution.
Guardian Managers U.K. has recruited Vincent Orlando as director and ceo.
Two senior asset management executives, David Norman and Gary Mairs, have launched TCF Fund Managers.
Insight Investment has appointed Adam Mossakowski as a credit fund manager within its fixed-income team.
Peter Hames, head of Asian equities at Aberdeen Asset Management Asia in Singapore, is to step down this autumn.
BESTrustees, a U.K.-based independent trustee company, has appointed Rachel Tranter and Zahir Fazal as directors.