Russell is back: wins $10b traditional advisory client

Merlicek hoped a “partnership” with Russell would develop, pointing out that both were “turnaround situations”.

Indeed, the IOOF CIO is starting with a blank sheet of paper after an acquisition spree instigated by Australian Wealth Management left him with three multimanager teams (Skandia has since been dissolved), while Russell was until recently thought by many to be a spent force in asset consulting, having lost most of its sizeable ‘traditional’ clients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Aware Super hunts hidden AI exposures as concentration concern grows

The $205 billion Aware Super says that around 15 per cent of assets in its high-growth option are exposed to the AI thematic, but says that finding the portfolio's true concentration will require looking beyond simple dollar aggregation. Head of investment strategy Michael Winchester unpacks the approach and why the fund has to be “really discerning” with where it allocates to in the future.

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