HR Trustees has hired Giles Payne to boost its clients’ investment propositions.

Employee benefits specialist Goddard Perry Consulting (GPC) has boosted its workplace advice practice with the hire of Nick Mann.

Quantum Advisory has bagged former Hewitt, Towers Perrin and Aon consultant Trevor Newman for its health and risk division.

Insight Investment has hired Paul Hamilton as head of consultant relationship management.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Aviva Investors chief executive Alain Dromer as investment committee chairman.

Steve Herbert has been appointed head of benefits strategy at Jelf Employee Benefits.

Stergios Saloustros has been named head of dynamic asset allocation (DAA) by the Barclays UK Pension Fund (BUKRF).

Understanding buyout providers’ limits on pricing and options will help us enormously.

Pension Corporation has made four hires to its client services team.

Alan Emberson has been appointed senior business development manager at Standard Life.

Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) has appointed Martyn Phillips as a senior consultant.

Patrick Bloomfield has been confirmed head of trustee solutions at Hymans Robertson.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed Jeremy Charles as investment director to its UK equities team.

AllianceBernstein has a new head of consultant relations in the UK.

Pensions specialist law firm Sacker & Partners has hired Claire van Rees, the company’s third solicitor hire this year. She joins from lawyers Hogan Lovells and will advise schemes, sponsors and insurers.

KPMG has boosted its actuarial capacity with two senior hires aimed at preparing for Solvency II.

Simon Clamp, Friends Provident’s UK managing director passed away in the early hours of March 12 after a short illness. He was 51 years old.

James Redgrave's interview with LCP's Charlie Finch is available to watch on the PW video player. You can also view interviews with Tony Pugh of Mercer on his Rethinking Pensions entry, and Vince Smith-Hughes of Prudential on annuitisation.

Check out the latest interviews and insight from the National Association of Pension Funds' annual conference in Manchester. Click here to view.

Police are concerned for the welfare of David Seaton, the joint managing director of Rowanmoor Pensions, who has been missing from his Wiltshire home for more than a week.

A managing director and co-founder of the buyout firm Lucida has left to pursue other opportunities - and will not be replaced.

Living Time is doubling its account managers after being inspired by positive research on the company’s standing with independent financial advisers (IFA).

The Pensions Week interview with the shadow secretary for work and pensions Theresa May is now online.