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RARE Infra wins $1.4bn in mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... Future Fund gave the fund manager an undisclosed investment mandate this year. AvSuper, Canada's Corporate Pension Plan, Russell OpenWorld and van Eyk Blueprint all awarded RARE Infrastructure mandates last year. RARE Infrastructure was founded in 2006 ...

VFMC brings risk management in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) takes a fresh approach when measuring asset risk for clients, recruiting a former Russell Investments consultant to help oversee the process. Justin Arter, chief executive at VFMC, said the firm previously outsourced ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... Wesfarmers-owned Coles, Ian McLeod, are listed as speakers at a retail conference in Sydney. In Canberra, Shell chairman Russell Caplan is to participate in lunch forum organised by Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), and Queensland ...

Aussie shares beat property over the long term

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... property over the past two decades, a new report shows. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) commissioned investment firm Russell Investments to measure the performance of bonds, shares and residential property over the long term (10-year and 20-year ...

MIT tax regime modernised and simplified

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... a big plus for investors that have long been disadvantaged by archaic MIT tax rules. It's a good day at the offices of Russell Investments as Raewyn Williams, the firm's director of after-tax investment, goes through what the Budget announcement of the ...

Russell launches dividend ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Russell Investments has launched its high dividend Australian shares exchange traded fund (ETF). The Russell High Dividend Australian Shares ETF provides access to around 50 blue chip stocks that typically deliver high dividends. The portfolio contains ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.3 billion shares compared with 1.2 billion on Wednesday. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 4.72, or 0.7 per cent, to 730.91. LONDON - A fresh bout of nerves over the Greek debt ...

Beck appointed to ASFA board

ASFA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... has appointed Peter Beck, chief executive at Pillar Administration, to its board. Beck replaces Linda Elkins, who left Russell Investments to join Colonial First State. Elkins represented a service provider on the board but that has changed after the ...

Russell recruits Asian specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Russell Investments has appointed several senior executives across Asia, including Singapore and South Korea, to strengthen management in those regions. Edmund Teo joined Russell on 1 April as regional director, sales and marketing. Singapore-based ...

RaboPlus adds Russell funds

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
RaboPlus has added eight Australian and international equity funds from Russell Investment Management to its platform. This means the Russell's Balanced fund; Diversified 50 fund; International Shares fund and High Growth fund are available through ...