Appointments

Schroders has lured Nicolaas Marais from BlackRock to head its multi-asset solutions team.

Pension Corporation has appointed Jim Collins as its chief actuary.

Aviva Investors has appointed Raphaelle Moysan to the new role of client portfolio manager for fixed income.

PIMCO; Russell Investments; AXA Investment Managers; State Street Global Advisors; PensionsFirst; Mercer; Standard Life Investments

Communications specialist Ferrier Pearce has appointed Mike Jones to its pensions creative team as an associate director.

US/GLOBAL - Some 3% of the 1,400 planned job cuts at State Street will come from State Street Global Advisors, GP understands.

Andrew Dyson has quit his role as global head of BlackRock's institutional asset management business, following an operational review that has now dissolved the position.

US - AXA Investment Managers has appointed Jeremy Baskin as chief executive officer of AXA Rosenberg, completing the firm's restructure in the wake of the coding error scandal.

Matrix Group; Towers Watson; Ruffer; Nikko Asset Management; the Association of British Insurers; London Pensions Fund Authority; Mercer

The Association of British Insurers has appointed Jonathan Davis as director of investment affairs.