- Transparency. Intraday trading and visibility into holdings.
- Tax efficiency. Potentially fewer capital gains distributions than mutual funds.
- Low cost. Often lower fees than comparable mutual fund.
Read the ETF article to learn more.
We’re expanding the toolkit for Canadian investors.
Featured Fixed Income ETFs
Built to work on their own or together, they offer new ways to navigate today’s evolving bond markets with precision and insight.
One of Canada’s first fallen angels ETFs
HALO: Fallen Angels ETF
Built to capture mispriced opportunities when bonds drop to high yield and poised to benefit when they rise again, HALO delivers a smarter way to unlock return potential, enhance yield and potentially strengthen portfolio diversification.
A complete core plus allocation in one ETF
RBND: Core Plus Fixed Income ETF
Blending our Fixed Income Pool ETF (80%) with HALO (20%), RBND delivers diversified credit exposure alongside enhanced yield potential, combining core stability with selective high-yield opportunities.
ETF Series investment solutions
Russell Investments' ETF Series
Our ETF Series give Canadian investors an additional way to access our flagship investment solutions. Designed to serve as either core building blocks or targeted satellite positions, the Series reflect our strengths in asset allocation, capital market insights, manager research, factor exposures and portfolio implementation.
Access our diversified equity, fixed income, real assets and multi-factor solutions through these ETF options:
Why our ETFs
Our portfolios are built to help you move from earning well to building wealth.
- Proven expertise: Using our decades of experience managing portfolios for institutions and advisors, we seek to bring that expertise to individual investors like you in an ETF format.
- Global perspective: Investment opportunities across Canadian and international markets, managed by a team with a worldwide view.
- Investor-first mindset: We build solutions to support your goals – whether that’s financial freedom, future security, or living life on your terms.
Understanding ETFs
Why investors are putting ETFs in their portfolios:
Transparency
ETFs trade intraday on an exchange providing better liquidity and a clear picture of portfolio holdings.
Diversification
Access through ETFs to a broad range of industries, investment categories and countries can help diversify investor portfolios and reduce overall portfolio risk.
Flexibility
Trading like stocks, ETFs can be bought and sold on an exchange at any time during market hours.
* Investors trading ETFs should also consider transaction costs incurred through their brokerage, such as commissions which could reduce returns.
Source: Morningstar (https://www.morningstar.com/funds/active-etfs-vs-mutual-funds-what-know-before-picking-new-fund)
Make ETFs work for you
Complement diversified portfolios
Combine individual ETFs to build a broadly diversified portfolio.
Target precise exposures
Gain precise, consistent exposure to a specific market segment.
Use core/satellite strategies
Construct a portfolio using ETFs as either core or satellite investments.
FAQs
A multi-manager approach can provide diversification of investment strategies, styles and managers in a single fund, with access to insights from specialist money managers, and ongoing professional oversight.
Russell Investments’ approach involves continually researching investment strategies and managers from around the world, seeking to determine the best combination of active managers and investment styles for the portfolio. Each manager strategy is chosen to serve a specific purpose in the portfolio. Over time, adjustments may be made to ensure the portfolio remains aligned with objectives.
- Intraday Price Volatility: The market prices of shares are expected to fluctuate, in some cases materially, in response to changes in a fund’s NAV, the intra-day value of a fund’s holdings, and supply and demand for shares. Russell Investments cannot predict whether shares will trade above, below or at their NAV. An investor may pay significantly more or receive significantly less than a fund’s NAV per share during periods when there is a significant premium or discount.
- Trading Volume/Liquidity: The market price of shares, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid-ask spread” charged by the market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. The spread of a fund’s shares varies over time based on the fund’s trading volume and market liquidity and may increase if the fund’s trading volume, the spread of the fund’s underlying securities, or market liquidity decrease.
Similar to active mutual fund investing, the risks of active ETF investing may include underperformance or loss of invested capital due to market volatility, economic downturns, or manager decisions. Additionally, investors should consider the following risks when trading ETFs on an exchange:
Professional management
Transparency of pricing and holdings
Generally lower fees as compared with similar active mutual funds
No minimum investment
Active ETFs can offer:
An active ETF, or actively managed exchange-traded fund, is a type of investment fund that is managed by a team of professionals who actively select and manage the securities within the fund. Unlike passive ETFs, which track a specific index, active ETFs aim to outperform their benchmarks by making strategic investment decisions based on market conditions and research.