Maarten Nederlof has been appointed managing director and global head of pension strategies at Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) in New York.

In his new role, Nederlof will work closely with DeAM's investment, research, sales and client service teams to leverage DeAM's global resources and assist key clients with the strategy and implementation of their investment programmes. DeAM, which has more than $550bn (€585bn) in assets under management globally, is a huge passive manager as well as running traditional and hedge fund strategies.