Appointments

Aviva Investors has poached a team of eight equity fund managers from Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), including two sector heads, as it opens an Edinburgh office for the firm.

Marc Pautz has left Mercer after being appointed a client director by Insight Investment.

Rachel Neill has been appointed as Smart Pension's first head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) as it plans to launch responsible investment funds.

The People's Pension has named Chris Fagan as a trustee of the four million member master trust.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has named Mike Suffield as acting executive director of audit and actuarial regulation.

Former shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont has been hired as director of policy and external affairs at B&CE - the provider of The People's Pension.

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has appointed four members, including the Church of England Pensions Board's director of ethics and engagement Adam Matthews.

Barnett Waddingham has been appointed scheme actuary to environmental management company Veolia's two defined benefit (DB) schemes.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is calling for experienced and senior experts from the pensions sector to apply to become members of its soon-to-be-launched policy board.

Barry O'Dwyer and Campbell Fleming, both senior figures at Standard Life Aberdeen, are to become non-executive directors of Phoenix Group.