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Australian shares outperform all other asset classes

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... residential investment property, fixed interest and cash - over a 20 year period, according to this year's Russell Investments/ASX Long-Term Investing Report. The 14th edition of the annual report, commissioned by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ...

Bond ETFs buffering equity market volatility

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... to either decrease risk or take advantage of unique return opportunities in their portfolios, according to Russell Investments. "Generally the ease of access has been a real benefit for many, in the past people could buy bonds directly but the minimum ...

IMCA: Asset allocation future uncertain

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... I believe in terms of future prediction that change is coming," said Jerome Lander, head of consulting at Russell Investments.

AustralianSuper wins landmark IBM mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... has approximately 15,500 members and was already using implemented consultants JANA Investment Advisers and Russell Investments. With both accumulation and defined benefit accounts, IBM Super will fall under the AustralianSuper Corporate Super umbrella. ...

MIT Budget inconsistencies spark concern

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... managed investment trusts has been criticised as inconsistent with the IMR initiative. In a budget analysis, Russell Investments has called the move on MIT withholding tax a "significant, and somewhat unexpected, new headwind for Australian MIT operators ...

Instos missing ETF options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... affairs and market development recently told Financial Standard. Research conducted by Deloitte on behalf of Russell Investments in 2011 found that institutions in Australia used ETFs only in a small way, with many that were using the instrument focusing ...

Russell rethinks indices on expected bank windfall

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Russell Investments has reconstituted the Australian high dividend and high value indices in favour of banking stocks ahead of reporting season. The semi-annual reconstitution has been driven by attractive valuations and expected income from the banks. ...

Report assesses super allocation issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... to adjust their asset allocations," said Andrea Slattery, SPAA chief executive. Recent research by SPAA and Russell Investments showed that the proportion of SMSF trustees who believe that equities are too volatile has doubled to 32% this year, up from ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... sentiment was up in Q1 causing a strong swing to growth assets, according to a survey by global asset manager Russell Investments. Improving outlooks for the US and Europe were seen as contributing factors to positivity with Australian shares and other ...

Vanguard launches bond ETF

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... area of recent focus for both index providers including Standard & Poor's and ETF product providers such as Russell Investments. "We're absolutely committed to being a price leader here in Australia. This is another point in developing our line-up of ...