Appointments

Nine men and two women have been arrested in connection with a suspected tax-relief fraud involving "bogus" pension schemes.

Barclays Global Investors Europe vice-chairman Lindsay Tomlinson has been elected as the new chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds.

Barnett Waddingham has made Alison Hamilton, Sarah Brown, Paul Houghton and Matt Tickle partners of the firm.

Mercer has appointed Jerry Neudegg as principal and head of operational accounting in its outsourcing business.

Gartmore is set to expand its institutional team in a bid to increase its UK pension scheme and local authority business.

Angela Eagle has succeeded Rosie Winterton as pensions minister following the cabinet reshuffle.

UK members of the European Parliament will be entitled to a bigger pension than their Westminster colleagues, calculations by Open Europe reveal.

The department for work and pensions has appointed Isabel Hudson and Bruce Rigby as non-executive directors of The Pensions Regulator.

State Street Global Markets has appointed Rick Boomgaardt as head of its transition management desk for Europe.

Stephen Haddrill, current director general of the Association of British Insurers, has been named as the next chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council.