GSFM hires new investment consultant


Grant Samuel Funds Management (GSFM) has appointed industry expert Stephen Miller to the newly created role of investment consultant.
In his new role, Miller would be responsible for positioning of Payden & Rygel and other various strategies in the institutional and retail markets. He would be based in Sydney and would report to GSFM’s chief executive, Damien McIntyre. He.
Miller joined from BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) where he mostly recently held the position of head of fixed income and managing director.
Prior to this, he worked for 14 years as executive vice president, head of fixed of income at Bankers Trust in Sydney and New York. He was also a research officer with The Treasury for six years.
“Steve brings over 30 years’ experience in international economic and policy analysis to the GSFM team, both at the official level during his time with Treasury and as a senior portfolio manager of domestic and international bond portfolios at leading international fund managers,” McIntyre said.
“Steve can draw upon his many years of fixed income experience and his extensive network in the institutional and retail markets in his new role with GSFM.”
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