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Fear is the poison apple

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... - but the deepest trap lies in their irrational 'fear', notes a behavioural finance expert. US-based Russell Investment Group senior portfolio strategist, Stephen Wood, acknowledged the current global equity markets crisis but noted that the sector is ...

Gunning appointed Global CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Peter Gunning has been promoted to global chief investment officer at Russell Investment Group. Gunning, who has been with the group for 12 years, replaces Tom Hanly who moves to chief operating officer at Russell Investment Group. No replacement chief ...

Russell managing director leaves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Russell Investment Group's institutional investment services managing director, Stephen Roberts, has announced his departure from the firm in February. Alan Schoenheimer, Australasian managing director at Russell Investment Group, said the firm was ...

Macq wrap adds 12 more funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... bringing the total number of funds to approximately 640. Of significant note is the addition of seven Russell Investment Group funds, including the new Russell High Growth Fund and six others that were added to the Macquarie Accumulator menus. Last month ...

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 ...

MM over-diversification a myth: Russell

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... But many managers will never make up for choosing bad managers," said Jon Eggins, research associate at Russell Investment Group. This means you should be wary of "myths" about how having too many managers over-diversifies your portfolio, he said. "What ...

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 ...