Appointments

US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System will be transferring US$600m from passive equity accounts into its external corporate governance funds after they posted returns that beat the benchmark three-fold.

BNP PARIBAS has hired Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu head of investment services Tony Osborn-Barker as its global head of pensions.

WATSON WYATT Investment Consulting has hired Standard & Poor's director of pension services Jim MacLachlan as a senior investment consultant.

JPMORGAN has hired former Watson Wyatt European head of investment consulting Kevin Carter as head of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) pension advisory group.

MORGAN STANLEY has appointed Neville McKay as a managing director and head of its European pensions group.

CREDIT SUISSE has appointed Paul Bourdon as managing director and head of its European pension solutions group in its asset management business.

JPMORGAN has appointed Costas Yiasoumi as a vice president in its pension advisory group for Europe, Middle Ease and Africa (EMEA).

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SAINSBURY'S has appointed Stuart Stephen as head of pensions following the departure of Geof Pearson last year.