Ronald Wuijsters was named head of research at ABP Investments, the investment management arm of the €190 billion ($243 billion) Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, Heerlen, Netherlands, said spokesman Thijs Steger. He replaces Rob Bauer, who is moving to the University of Maastricht to set up a corporate governance research center but will remain with ABP on a part-time basis. Mr. Wuijsters was director of research at IRIS, the research institute of Rabobank. Information on his replacement could not be learned by press time.
Wendy Young-Carter was named a government defined contribution consultant at CitiStreet, said Michael Bezdek, spokesman. It's a new position. Ms. Carter was a government defined contribution consultant at Mercer Investment Consulting. Stephanie Poe, Mercer spokeswoman, did not return calls seeking information about a replacement.
