BetaShares names Pattison as head of high net worth groups

BetaShares has appointed Tony Pattison as director and head of high net worth groups, a new role in the organisation. He'll be responsible for leading the organisation's activities in the private banking, family office, and high net worth investor spaces.

Pattinson was previously the director of sales for Legg Mason's high net worth channel. Legg Mason was acquired by Franklin Templeton late last year. He also held business development roles at Challenger and Macquarie Group.

"We are thrilled to have Tony leading our HNW strategy," said BetaShares' executive director of capital markets and institutional business Peter Harper. "Globally, the HNW segment has been one of the largest adopters of ETFs due to their liquidity, transparency, delivery on stated outcomes and low costs. We are seeing the same trend in Australia, and BetaShares intends to be at the forefront of this market locally."

Pattison said that he's excited to bring his knowledge and contacts in the high net worth space to BetaShares. "Astute HNW investors are always looking for cutting-edge strategies and themes to build out their portfolios and using ETFs to achieve these goals is becoming more and more appealing to this client base."

Pattison is joined in the new HNW office by associate directors of distribution Nathan Lui, formerly of iShares, and Ben Rohrt, formerly of Vanguard.