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Russell Investments opts out of S&P

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
Russell Investment Management has requested the Standard & Poor's ratings on 22 of its funds be withdrawn. It follows S&P Capital IQ' s announcement earlier this month that it would no longer be conducting local funds research and wealth management ...

SMSFs focus on risk reduction: report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) and Russell Investments today launched the second annual SMSF report which revealed a focus among trustees on risk reduction and increased interest in SMSFs among a younger demographic. ...

Bonds, tailored equities and income top ETF picks

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
The bond ETF market could be worth $500 million by year's end, according to Russell Investments, who has picked bonds, international equities and income as the best buys for growth for next 12 months. The Australian exchange-traded fund (ETF) market ...

Franklin Templeton hires ex-INGIM head

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... Management in a similar role and has experience in fixed income portfolio management at UBS Asset Management and Russell Investments. Mathew Sund has joined the firm's Melbourne office as director of fund administration where he will see over accounting ...

Russell urges advisers to keep low value clients

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
Advisers should consider their options before selling off their lower value clients, according to Russell Investments, with new alternatives to create a profitable relationship despite impending FOFA regulations. One predicted unexpected outcome of ...

Ventura reduces wholesale funds cost

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... Investment Management has reduced the price for its wholesale funds by up to 25%, following the reappointment of Russell Investments as the funds' investment manager. The move follows feedback from advisers who maintained clients had become increasingly ...

Statewide and Local enter merger due diligence

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... Association, Australian Services Union and the Australian Workers Union. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG and Russell Investments will assist the process. Appointed to undertake a shared process of due diligence were PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG and Russell ...

Dividends boom as capital returned to investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... market delivers a 9% increase to investors in comparison to the previous reporting season, finds one report. Russell Investments has released its high dividend and high value indexes and found the biggest dividend payouts were mining and retail companies ...

Super funds signal intention to delve into overseas property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... significantly raise their exposure to global non-listed property, according to new research. The study conducted by Russell Investments, the Asian Association for Investors in non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

New institutional risk product set to launch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... portfolio data and running it through different systems and measures to identify areas of risk," he said. Russell Investments has hired the former head of risk for the Australian Reward Investment Alliance, Dr Thomas Gillespie, to lead and develop the ...