Nov 15 (Reuters) - Great-west Lifeco Inc GWO.TO
* Great-West Lifeco announces expense reductions at Putnam Investments
* Great-West Lifeco Inc - Putnam Investments will be undertaking us$65 mln in expense reductions, aligning its resources
* Great-West Lifeco Inc - Putnam Investments will be undertaking us$65 mln in expense reductions
* Great-west Lifeco Inc -Says small number of investment management professionals will be leaving company
* Great-West Lifeco - firm will be reducing its staff by nearly eight percent (approximately 115 positions)
* Great-West Lifeco - Putnam will address cost across its enterprise through reduction in staff, elimination of certain non-core business programs Source text for Eikon: ID:nCNWPV9Cxa Further company coverage: GWO.TO