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Peter Ballantyne

Director, Capital Markets Research

Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning), RMIT ​

B. Commerce, University of Melbourne

Certified Investment Management Analyst, IMCA​

Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia

Peter Ballantyne, who is based in Melbourne, is Director, Capital Markets Research for Russell Investments. Peter heads up a small, specialist, global team that is responsible for the ongoing development, maintenance and management of Russell Investments’ Global Strategic Forecasting Model. ​

Peter has held many roles at Russell Investments ranging from investment consulting, asset liability management, and asset allocation and model portfolio development. Peter has been part of the global forecasting team for the last nine years and has headed up the team for the last three years. Peter is also heavily involved in the annual asset allocation Design review of Australia’s Multi-Asset products. He is active on Russell Investments’ Investment Division Editorial Board and Investment Model Review Board.​

Prior to joining Russell, Peter worked for Rice Walker Actuaries, as an actuarial analyst. His primary responsibilities included development and maintenance of the Rice Walker Superannuation Funds database and the review and recommendation of alternative structures for stand-alone superannuation funds. Peter has also had experience in providing financial planning advice to retail clients through the financial planning group Godfrey Pembroke.​

Peter has been in the investment industry since 2002 and has been with Russell since 2005.​

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