AP4, Franklin Templeton, Schroder Investment Management, AP1, Aberdeen Asset Management, International Integrated Reporting Council, European Public Real Estate Association, LGIM Infrastructure

AP4Magnus Eriksson, vice-president and general manager of Sweden’s fourth national buffer fund, has decided to leave. AP4 said Eriksson would move to London at the end of June for “family reasons”.

Franklin Templeton – Arnaud d’Anterroches has joined the investment company’s Switzerland business as institutional sales director. Based in Geneva, he joins from Schroder Investment Management, where he worked for eight years. Before that, he was at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management and at Schroders in Paris.  

AP1 – Sweden’s first pension buffer fund has hired Johan Temse as investment manager. Temse was previously at Aberdeen Asset Management, where he worked on a European secondaries fund in which AP1 was a lead investor in 2013. His role at AP1 will see him focus on real estate within the fund’s real assets division.

International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) – Paul Druckman, chief executive at the IIRC for more than five years, is to step down this year. The IIRC said Druckman would remain with the Council for an indefinite period to ensure a smooth transition. The board is now searching for Druckman’s successor.

European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) – Laurent Ternisien, who led the integration of Investment Property Databank into MSCI following its takeover in 2012, has joined the EPRA as a senior adviser. Meanwhile, co-founder Rupert Nabarro has retired as a senior MSCI adviser. Ternisien, formerly managing director of real estate at MSCI, will work on EPRA’s investor outreach activities in Continental Europe.

Legal & General Investment ManagementErik Westermark has been appointed senior investment associate at LGIM Infrastructure. Reporting to Silja Turville, head of LGIM Infrastructure, Westermark previously worked at Lloyds Bank focusing on infrastructure, energy and acquisition finance. He has also worked at Citi Global Markets.