Muse Advisory has refreshed its management structure with four senior promotions.
Michel Bernard has joined Amundi as global head of consultant relations after leaving Unigestion where he was UK head for institutional business development.
Alexandra Haggard has been made head of consultant relations for the EMEA region at BlackRock.
BBS Consultants and Actuaries has recruited Jenny Richards and Mark Channon.
Chris Massey has been appointed as a senior strategic adviser by Willis Towers Watson, working across all areas of pensions and retirement consultancy.
Barnett Waddingham has made Andy Greig, Simon Rusling and Stuart Harrison partners on the back of robust growth in the business.
Fawzy Salarbux has been appointed head of consultant relations at Candriam Investors Group.
Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes should move away from index-linked gilts and increase exposure to risk assets in order to plug deficits, according to research by Fathom Consulting.
Aon Hewitt has elevated five UK employees to partners in its global pension consulting team.
Mercer has made the single "biggest tranche" of appointments to its UK defined contribution (DC) and savings team in two years with 16 external hires.