Daly joins Perpetual's institutional team

Former Melbourne Rebels rugby union footballer Ben Daly has joined Perpetual Limited as director of institutional business, focusing on the Australian market.

Following his playing days, Daly studied banking and finance law at the University of Sydney, earning a master's degree in 2014.

Daly joins from T. Rowe Price where he was the vice president of institutional sales. He was also previously an executive director at Goldman Sachs and an investment specialist with ClearBridge Investments.

He's joined at Perpetual by Nicole Aubrey, who has been appointed senior manager of national accounts for Australia.

"Strengthening our distribution capability in Australia and overseas remains essential as we look to build on our existing presence and extend the reach of Trilliumand Barrow Hanley," said global head of distribution Adam Quaife. "In addition, we are now seeing a rotation to recovery and an uptick in client search activity for our broad capabilities so the team is now very well-placed and well-resourced to further bring our strategies to market going forward.

"As Perpetual continues to accelerate its global distribution strategy across different capabilities and geographic markets, these appointments in both Australia and the US are key in helping us open up new markets and opportunities."

Daly started with Perpetual earlier this month.