Appointments

Peter Hargreaves, the chief executive and co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown, is to step down in the autumn.

US - The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) has announced that its executive director, Ronnie Jung, is to stand down.

Andy Dickson is leaving Standard Life to join Standard Life Investments as an investment director.

Association of British Insurers director of investment affairs Peter Montagnon has quit after almost 10 years at the trade association.

UK - GLG Partners, the US$22.2bn asset manager whose hedge fund clients include global pension funds, has hired two senior managers from rival Tisbury Capital Management.

Pitmans Trustees has made Richard Butcher managing director of the firm from May 1.

The Pensions Trust has appointed Sarah Smart as chairman of its board of directors.

Kevin LeGrand has been elected as president of the Society of Pension Consultants.

The Pensions Regulator's chief executive Tony Hobman is to leave the watchdog after five years.

US - Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIMA) has appointed Aaron Meder to the newly created position of head of US pension solutions.