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Ibbotson Associates Announces Head Of Advisor Services
Ibbotson Associates Australia, a subsidiary of US-based asset
management firm Morningstar, has named Matthew Esler head of
advisor services.
Esler was most recently an executive director for strategy and
technical services at Midwinter Financial Services, where he
remains a non-executive director. At Midwinter, he was
responsible for providing technical and strategic advice to
dealer groups and financial advice practices on superannuation,
tax, investment, insurance and legislative issues. Prior to that,
he was head of technical for Advance Asset Management, an
Australian financial services firm, and technical manager for
Zurich Financial Services Australia, a subsidiary of Zurich
Financial Services Group.
At Ibbotson, Esler will be responsible for leading the Australian
unit's investment capabilities while working with financial
advisor dealer groups and managing the firm's relationships with
financial advice practices. He reports directly to
Chris Galloway, general manager for investment
services.
Ibbotson Associates Australia is part of Morningstar's
investment management division, which records around $167 billion
in assets under management and advisement as of 30 September
2011.
