Appointments

THE £4.3bn Merseyside Pension Fund has gone out to tender for two to five unconstrained managers to run a £450m UK equities portfolio.

NORTHERN TRUST has hired Douglas Gee as UK and Irish pension fund sales manager in its asset servicing group's business development team.

MERCER has restructured its investment consulting and investment management teams in a bid to increase business.

MERCER has appointed Brian Henderson as a principal and senior investment consultant in its Edinburgh office.

CAPITAL CRANFIELD has hired Robert Matthews and Edward Dowler in a bid to expand its business.

AON CONSULTING has promoted Shahbaz Hamid to the newly-created position of commercial relationship director for Scotland.

The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority has appointed three non-executive directors.

PIMCO has appointed Rick Ford as a senor credit portfolio manager in a bid to strengthen its portfolio management team.

AON Consulting has hired Julie England, Emma Moseling and Nick Lewis in a bid to expand its Bristol-based benefits solutions division

MERCER has appointed Chris Sheasby as a senior associate in its retirement business.