Bennelong appoints insto distribution director

Bennelong Funds Management has appointed Ryan Durance to the role of director of distribution, institutional. The appointment follows recent announcements of Bennelong's joint initiatives with new global infrastructure investment manager, 4 Corners Infrastructure, and global real estate team, Quay Global Investors.

Durance joins Bennelong from Schroders PLC in London, where he was an equity long/short product manager. Prior to this, he was an international sales manager at Cazenove Capital Management and a private banker at UK Private Bank, Barclays Wealth.

In his new role, Durance will be based in Bennelong's Melbourne office and report to distribution director Andrew Aitken.