The fund manager has hired two former industry fund professionals as it aims to beef up its insto distribution.
AFM Investment Partners has hired four people as the company gears up for growth in 2009.
The appointments include David Whiting and Gordon Noble as senior consultants in addition to two sales and support staff. Both Whiting and Noble come from the industry fund sector.
Whiting is a trustee with Aust (Q) Superannuation and a strategic consultant with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI).
Noble previously worked at Cbus in policy and development and has also worked in the area of socially responsible investing, advising the ACSI, the Responsible Investment Association and institutional investors.
"We are pleased to have the two gentlemen join our team as we look to focus our business in the institutional market, including industry and public sector funds," AFM Investment Partners managing director John Donovan said.
"Gordon's experience in socially responsible investing will be of most value to us as we look to create products in this area."
Over the last two months, the firm has been appointed by boutique fund managers Bellwether Partners and Trilogy Funds Management to source wholesale and institutional mandates.
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