Licence to sit in rearranged Principle’s office

Private equity placement agent Principle Advisory Services has hired former Deutsche Asset Management institutional boss Ken Licence as an executive director, among a number of ownership and personnel changes which will also see Les Fallick step down as managing director.

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Discuss Aussie Super insurance deal with the key players

AustralianSuper’s landmark group insurance deal will be the elephant in the room at the upcoming AIST Insurance Symposium, but it’s sure to get a mention as all its major players will be attending the event, for which registrations have just opened.

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MLC warns against pitfalls of 'MAA'

Susan Gosling
Susan Gosling
MLC Investment Management’s head of capital markets has observed the industry-wide trend toward medium-term asset allocation, which is even being adopted by “the bastions of actuarial purity”, Russell Investments, but questioned whether it might cause “an insidious slide into market timing” by the multimanager industry.

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Licence to sit in rearranged Principle's office

Private equity placement agent Principle Advisory Services has hired former Deutsche Asset Management institutional boss Ken Licence as an executive director, among a number of ownership and personnel changes which will also see Les Fallick step down as managing director.

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Russell’s OpenWorld now in Australia for investors ‘with a mind of their own’

Russell Investments has introduced to Australia its ‘OpenWorld’ investment platform of single managers – primarily boutiques – operating with high conviction in a variety of asset classes.

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… as outsourcing restructure shows door to Mercer's head of advice

Mercer has made redundant its head of financial advice after a restructure in the outsourcing business, where the addition of three major super fund clients has led to around 270,000 new members under administration.

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