Appointments

The 300 Club has welcomed Unilever's pension global chief investment officer (CIO) Mark Walker to its team of investment professionals.

Alan Higham has been appointed as chief pensions strategy and engagement officer at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), effective immediately.

Eddie Bernatek and Richard Evans have been made associate directors in the defined contribution (DC) team at Punter Southall Aspire.

Duncan Howorth has been made executive chairman of Independent Transition Management (ITM).

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has hired Nick Woodward as head of liability driven investments (LDI).

Redington has made 20 promotions across the business following the year-end review.

Stewart Patterson has been appointed to represent the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) on the Incentive Exercise Monitoring Board (IEMB).

The most popular stories were plans to slash the British Steel Pension Scheme's liabilities, the launch of an inquiry into the whole DB universe, and how Brexit could reduce the state pension.

Barnett Waddingham has made Andy Greig, Simon Rusling and Stuart Harrison partners on the back of robust growth in the business.

Tim Banks has been named as a senior consultant in the fiduciary management arm of Mercer in a newly-created role.