Russell Investment Group has hired two people to its institutional business development team.
Paul Taylor and Laird Abernethy will join the company and report to Russell's director of institutional sales Chris Briant. Briant was hired by the company in July.
Taylor previously worked for Legg Mason as a business development manager. At Legg Mason he worked with the company's corporate superannuation master trust. He will be based in Russell's Melbourne office.
Abernethy joins from Asgard where he was a business superannuation consultant. He has also worked for BT Financial Group.
"The challenges facing our institutional clients continue to mount in the face of volatile markets and pressure to produce consistent long-term returns.
These appointments reinforce Russell's mission to remain at the forefront of providing specialised solutions for our clients," Russell's managing director of institutional investor services Stephen Roberts said.
Russell's master trust business manages $3.5 billion.
