Transition management
solutions and services

We have the experience and the expertise to help clients manage their risks and maintain the value of investments through periods of portfolio restructuring. With a dedicated portfolio manager, you get accountability, daily interaction, and robust reporting, including customised daily transition updates, post-transition reporting, transaction reporting, attribution, and all necessary regulatory and board reporting.

As an interim portfolio manager, we can assume responsibility for the portfolio’s exposure and performance upon manager termination. Trading strategies and risk management techniques exercised throughout the assignment can significantly reduce the transition's toll on portfolio value. Just as importantly, we assume the workload from the asset owner, preventing vital resources in the organisation from becoming overly burdened by non-core administrative tasks. As a result, the asset owner often receives active management with reduced risk without paying the active management fees.

Global transition management experience¹

In 2023, we managed 99 events and transitioned €82.2 billion.

Our global team includes 80+ implementation professionals including 20 who specialise in transition management.

Alignment of interests and fiduciary oversight

We work as an agent - never as a principal - minimising conflicts of interest.

As an asset manager, we maintain fiduciary oversight and provide a duty of care to investors and full transparency on all costs and changes.

€2.2 T

Assets traded in 2023

99

EVENTS IN 2023

40+ yrs

EXPERIENCE IN TRANSITION MANAGEMENT

20+ traders

ALL SPECIALISING BY ASSET CLASS AND INSTRUMENT

19 yrs

AVERAGE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

The T Standard

In 2003, Russell Investments participated in the development of the T Standard, which has since been adopted as the industry standard methodology for treatment of the critical factors that drive portfolio performance during a transition. The T Standard Implementation Shortfall is the arithmetic difference between the return on the legacy portfolio and the return on the new portfolio, performed on a daily basis. The T Standard measure of implementation shortfall (IS) was adopted by the T Charter as the recommended default calculation for IS.

Use of the T Standard helps capture the effects on portfolio performance from all transition activity. We believe that this consistency of reporting is critical for investors to be able to effectively compare providers and their cost estimates.

With a dedicated portfolio manager to guide you through this complicated and risky period of change, you get accountability and daily interaction from your key point of contact.

Robust reporting and communication including customised daily transition updates, post-transition reporting, transaction reporting and attribution coupled with all necessary regulatory and board reporting.

Transition management explained

This guide sets out the main points about employing transition management, including the benefits, costs, and risks involved (and how to mitigate them), deciding whether using a transition manager is right for you, and guidance on selection criteria.

Managing transition costs when consolidating pension funds

Read how Russell Investments successfully completed a multi-asset transition on behalf of Pensioenfonds Meubel ("Meubel") and Stichting Bedrijfstak Pensioenfonds voor de Houthandel, with combined assets of over €4 billion.

Maximise the performance of assets in transition by reducing unnecessary cost and unrewarded risk.

Compared to traditional approaches, interim asset management promises both ease-of-use and significant cost savings.

We took part in the annual Global Investor Group roundtable of global transition managers (page 26) to discuss the key trends and challenges from across the industry and how we are helping clients to address them.

The benefits of hiring a dedicated manager for the transition of fixed income portfolios.