Appointments

US/UK - Russell Investments has appointed Len Brennan as president and chief executive, and as a director on the company's board.

Russell Investments has appointed Len Brennan as president and chief executive, and as a director on the company's board.

BlackRock has hired the National Employment Savings Trust's Paul Gilbody as head of DC consultant relations in an effort to increase its footprint in the UK DC market.

BlackRock hires NEST's Gilbody; Aviva Investors; Liongate; Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System of Iowa; Ignis; HSBC Asset Management; Towers Watson; Acadian; Cardano; LGIM; Mercer

David Norgrove has been appointed as chairman of analytics company PensionsFirst Group.

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US - The $15.3bn San Francisco Employees' Retirement System is looking for five in-house senior portfolio managers.

US/ASIA - HSBC Global Asset Management has named Deborah Hazell regional head of North America and Bill Maldonado Asia-Pacific chief investment officer in a move to bolster its emerging markets business.

The National Association of Pension has appointed Martin Mannion as chairman of the investment council of the funds.

GLOBAL - Towers Watson has appointed Paul Morris as regional leader for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He replaces Babloo Ramamurthy, who is retiring after 34 years at the company.