Appointments

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has announced head of equities David Cumming has stepped down from the firm.

RPMI Railpen has expanded its property team by naming Matthew Howard as the first holder of its head of property asset management post.

Michel Bernard has joined Amundi as global head of consultant relations after leaving Unigestion where he was UK head for institutional business development.

Tim Gardener has joined Aon Hewitt's investment team as partner after leaving AXA Investment Managers where he was global head of its institutional client group.

Dan McLaughlin, a former policy adviser for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), has been appointed head of public affairs and international at Smart Pension.

Former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb and former shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont have been appointed to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's (PLSA) Pension Quality Mark (PQM) board.

ARC Pensions Law will nearly double its team later this year when it opens a Leeds office, and takes on a team from DLA Piper.

Mark McNulty has left State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) to join JLT Employee Benefits as head of investment solutions.

Tony Pugh has been appointed head of defined contribution (DC) for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Aon Hewitt, ending his 28-year stint at Mercer.

Schroders' chief executive officer (CEO) Peter Harrison has been named chairperson of the Investment Association (IA) board.