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Russell adds Plato

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
Plato Investment Group's 130/30 Australian Share Fund has been granted a 15 per cent weighting on Russell Investment Group Australian Opportunities Fund. The Australian Shares 130/30 Fund endeavors to achieve five per cent gross out performance each ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... Others like to approach the BRIC debate differently. Scott Donald, director of capital markets research at Russell Investment Group, said it could be counter-productive to reject countries that have questionable practices. "By engaging in those organisations ...

Russell rejigs international funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
Russell Investment Group has reorganised its international equities exposure, replacing Jacobs Levy and Altrinsic with ClariVest Asset Management and adding Harris Associates to its list of fund managers. Founded in March 2006, ClariVest's investment ...

Instos to buy more alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
Local institutional investors will continue to pour more money into private equity and real estate, according to a new report on alternative investments. The annual Russell Investments Survey on Alternative Investing report surveyed 326 institutions ...

MM over-diversification a myth: Russell

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
Keep picking investment managers and adding them to your portfolio until you can't find another good one, Russell Investment Management told yesterday's IMCA's conference. "Picking good managers is fundamental to any multi-manager portfolio. But many ...

VicSuper wins Sustainability Super Fund award

... investing. The 'Special Award for Sustainability' research went to Nicholas Taylor and Scott Donald from the Russell Investment Group for their report Sustainable Investing: Marrying Sustainability Concerns with the Quest for Financial Return for Superannuation ...

T-Charter has limitations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... transition manager to make the current level needed to be a signatory," David Rothenberg, managing director at Russell Investment Group, said. "The T-Charter document needs to be more prescriptive, at this point in time it allows for almost any abusive ...

A case for active managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... long-term active value managers prevail, according to Peter Gunning, chief investment officer for Asia Pacific at Russell Investment Group. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Fund's Australia Limited (ASFA) conference last week, Gunning said ...

Exposure to alternatives raises risks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
In the wake of significant market corrections, Russell Investment Group has warned investors and super funds that a high allocation to alternative illiquid assets can pose additional risks to their portfolio. Geoff Warren, head of capital markets research ...

No more sustainable investment roadblocks: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... funds' traditional arguments against sustainable investments are no longer valid, according to a new report from Russell Investment Group. The paper, Sustainable Investing: Marrying Sustainability Concerns with the Quest for Financial Return for Superannuation ...