The first step in building multi-manager funds is to understand what drives different markets and how this impacts on investment manager performance. Drivers of risk and return such as investment style, market cap and sector representation can vary from market to market and from country to country. From the beginning of our manager research effort 30 years ago, Russell Investments has researched structural performance drivers in each market. Today we employ 127 Asset Allocation and Capital Market Research Professionals whose role it is to identify the key market drivers in each asset class and region. This analysis is vital to the manager research process and assists analysts to better understand an investment manager process and likely success in a given market. The research carried out by this unique and highly respected research team is frequently published in leading industry journals. The capital markets research group also investigates a wide range of other issues of importance to fiduciaries responsible for the management and oversight of large pools of assets. The benefits to investors are that our investment strategies are based on a strong foundation of independent research carried out by some of the leading investment minds in the world.

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