Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)

Learn about this investment vehicle and the unique benefits of Russell Investments’ ETF solutions.

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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.

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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. 

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Understanding Fallen Angels

Learn how HALO aims to capture recovery potential.

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HALO: Strategy & Holdings

Explore the HALO ETF

Dive deeper into HALO’s investment approach, portfolio composition and key documents, all in one place

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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.

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Allocation Strategy and Insights

Explore the RBND ETF

Access RBND’s investment mix, portfolio details, and fund documentation.

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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.​
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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.

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Use core/satellite strategies

Construct a portfolio using ETFs as either core or satellite investments.

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Jonathan Needham

Jonathan Needham, President, Russell Investments Canada Limited

“Our open-architecture approach brings together leading managers and diverse investment strategies in a convenient ETF package.”

FAQs

Active ETFs are traded on major exchanges, just like individual stocks. Investors can buy and sell active ETFs through a financial advisor or directly through brokerage accounts. The process is similar to buying or selling stocks, providing investors with a convenient and accessible way to invest in active strategies.

 

It’s essential to consider your investment goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon before investing in any financial product, including active ETFs.

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.

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:

  • 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.

Active ETFs can offer:

  • Professional management 

  • Transparency of pricing and holdings 

  • Generally lower fees as compared with similar active mutual funds  

  • No minimum investment

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. 

An Exchange-Traded Fund Series (ETF Series) is a class of units within an investment fund that trades on a Canadian stock exchange. Like other ETFs, it can be bought and sold throughout the trading day at current market prices, rather than only once a day at the fund’s net asset value (NAV).

The ETF Series of select Russell Investments mutual funds provides Canadian investors with an additional way to access our flagship investment solutions. These ETF Series may be used as core or satellite investments, or to add targeted exposure within an existing portfolio.

Although exchange-traded series of mutual funds (“ETF Series”) will be listed on the TSX or another Canadian exchange or marketplace, there can be no assurance that an active public market for ETF Series will develop or be sustained. Trading of ETF Series on certain marketplaces may be halted under certain circumstances. There can be no assurance that ETF Series will trade at prices that reflect their net asset value per security. The trading price of ETF Series will fluctuate. For more information on risks associated with investing in ETF Series, please read the prospectus before investing.

As with all mutual funds, investment in this mutual fund contains risks that may make it unsuitable for you, depending on your investment objectives and risk tolerance. If the fund does not perform as intended, you may experience a loss of part or all of your principal invested. Please read the prospectus of this fund for a detailed description of the risks involved in this investment.

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