Appointments

John Scampion has been reappointed as chairman of The Pensions Regulator's determinations panel for a further four years.

Barclays Global Investors has hired David Gagnon as a director of transition strategy, where he will head the team which handles client portfolio restructurings.

Jim Sutcliffe has been appointed as the next Board of Actuarial Standards chairman and a director of the Financial Reporting Council.

AllenbridgeEPIC Investment Advisers has appointed former Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund director of investments Alick Stevenson to its investment panel.

US- Clifford Axelson has joined Prudential Financial as a managing director for the firm's strategic solutions group.

The Pension Protection Fund has appointed a new chief investment officer to oversee its investment portfolio, which is currently worth more than £3bn.

Schroders has hired actuary Margaret de Valois as a client director in its institutional team.

Independent consultancy firm Redington Partners has appointed Jonathan Taylor-Cummings as its chief operating officer.

Hymans Robertson has promoted five of its investment and longevity risk management staff to partner.

Watson Wyatt has appointed Nicholas Smith to lead its defined contribution investment team