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Russell appoints index director

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Russell Investments has appointed Matt Wacher as regional director, indexes, Australia and New Zealand, to meet rising clients demand for index linked products, such as ETFs. Wacher, a former head of institutional sales and product for CMC Markets ...

New Russell manager to tackle prac management

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Russell Investments has appointed former Ipac Securities head of advice capabilities as its new practice development manager intermediaries, with a brief to roll out its practice management program. John Nolan has taken on the role and will be responsible ...

Russell commodities fund on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Andrew Sneddon, portfolio manager for Russell Investments said the fund, which has $50 million worth of assets under management, will now be managed on a slightly more aggressive footing by the Stamford, Connecticut, based managers. "It's essentially ...

Russell makes senior hires

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Russell Investments has appointed Frank Russo as senior consultant in Australia and strengthened its Asian consulting and advisory business with arrival of Trevor Persaud. Russo joins Russell from independent asset consultant Access Capital Advisers ...

Russell loses NZ managing director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
The managing director of Russell Investments' New Zealand operations has resigned. Mark Blair, who was based in Sydney, was responsible for strategic direction, products, services and business operations in New Zealand. He was also responsible for strategic ...

New index launched to track super knowledge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST) was released as part of the launch of a new index to track member engagement. The AIST/Russell Investments Super Engagement Index (SEI) measures member engagement across eight weighted elements, the AIST said. The SEI will ...

Russell moves into industry fund admin

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
Russell Investments has won its first industry super client after signing an agreement to take over the management of Prime Super's administrative services from Pillar Administration. The change will take effect from January 1 next year. The win is ...

Russell names new MD corporate super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Russell Investments strengthens its corporate superannuation business with the appointment of a new managing director. Geoff Peck has been with Russell since 2009 working in corporate super, with previous experience including senior roles at BT Financial ...

New benchmarks act like analysts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... day put professional stock-pickers out of a job, the product's developer has said. Investment services firm Russell Investments has developed a series of portfolio construction tools with partner firm Axioma that take a standard index such as the S&P ...

Low contrib caps slam brakes on SMSFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... less restrictive. Research by the SMSF Professional' Association of Australia Limited (SPAA), together with Russell Investments, found that around half of SMSF trustees would have contributed extra, on top of the limits allowed, to their SMSF in the ...