Eaton Vance Management, Goldman Sachs AM, PFA, BNP Paribas Investment Partners, JØP, Aries Pension & Insurance Systems

Eaton Vance ManagementEdward Perkin has been hired away from Goldman Sachs Asset Management by Eaton Vance Management (EVM). He will become EVM’s chief equity investment officer at the end of April. At GSAM, Perkin was CIO for international and emerging markets equity, and a managing director based in London. At EVM, he will report to Thomas Faust, chairman and chief executive of EVM’s parent Eaton Vance. Perkin replaces Duncan Richardson, who retired at the end of October last year, and Faust, who filled the role since Richardson’s retirement.

PFA Pension – Group director Anne Broeng is leaving PFA Pension, the company said, to look for new challenges. Broeng will remain available to the pensions provider until the annual general meeting on 23 April, and ensure the transfer of her duties to the other directors – Henrik Heideby, Lars Ellehave-Andersen and Jon Johnsen, the firm said. Broeng has worked at the PFA group for 12 years and been a member of its management team since the autumn of 2009.

BNP Paribas Investment PartnersKate Hudson and Gaurav Tandon have been hired by BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) for its institutional marketing teams. Hudson will take on the role of head of European institutional marketing, and Tandon will be a digital specialist. Hudson, who will be based in London, has previously worked for Prudential Group, AIG Investments and Pinebridge Investments. Tandon, meanwhile, joins BNPP IP from HSBC, where he was a senior digital marketing manager. 

JØPAgnete Raaschou-Nielsen is stepping down as chairman of the Danish lawyers and economists’ pension fund JØP at the annual general meeting in April. She will be replaced by Anders Eldrup, who was previously a head of department at the Danish Finance Ministry and managing director of Danish utility DONG Energy. Raaschou-Nielsen has been chairman of JØP since 2009. 

Aries Pension & Insurance SystemsHelen Sudell has been appointed as pensions technical consultant at Aries Pension & Insurance Systems. In her new role, she will write and maintain legislatory updates for the Aries Pensions System, research areas for the system to cover and help members with technical queries, the company said. Sudell has previously worked at the Inland Revenue’s Superannuation Funds Office, Mercer and Incomes Data Services.