Ashlesha Vaishampayan recognised amongst top ten of 50 future female leaders
In this inaugural category, FT & HERoes includes Ashlesha Vaishampayan amongst 50 inspirational Female Future Leaders. They represent role models who work at all levels of an organisation in the private sector, and are making a significant contribution to gender diversity wherever they are placed in the company.
Fiduciary Manager of the Year
‘Russell Investments has in recent years established itself as one of the top providers of fiduciary management services in the UK where its excellence has seen it win business as investors have sought to counter the effects of rising liability valuations, increased volatility and greater pressure on sponsor covenants.’ – Global Investor Group
Fiduciary Management Firm of the Year
The judges unanimously felt that with a significant number of new mandates in the last 12 months, a passion for what it does demonstrated by a strong commitment from its existing clients, Russell Investments was a truly worthy winner of this competitive award.
#1 Global manager of institutional outsourced assets
Russell Investments was ranked as the top global manager of institutional outsourced assets, out of 34 firms, in CIO Magazine’s “2018 Outsourced-Chief Investment Officer Survey”, based on the AUM from its fully discretionary clients.
Innovation winner – Investment Outsourcing
Russell Investments was named as the winner of CIO Magazine's 2017 Industry Innovation Award for Investment Outsourcing. CIO cited Russell Investments' top client satisfaction rankings in the magazine's 2016 and 2017 OCIO Vendor Ratings surveys, as well as the firm's position as one of the world' largest OCIO providers.1
Top rated in client satisfaction
For the second year in a row, Russell Investments was top rated for “Client Satisfaction” out of 37 rated firms in CIO Magazine’s “2017 Outsourced-Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) Vendor Ratings” survey in “Overall service,” “Investment results,” and “Value for fees” categories. 2
Largest institutional investment outsourcer
For the eighth year in a row, Russell Investments was globally ranked among the leading institutional outsourced managers based upon outsourced assets out of 68 firms in the Pensions & Investments’ survey issued in June 2018. Our expanding investment outsourcing solutions has more than $163 billion3 in institutional outsourced assets around the globe.
Top Ranked in TM: Overall Client Satisfaction
Top Ranked in TM: Cost Performance vs. Estimate
Transition Management Firm of the Year
The judges unanimously felt that we were a clear winner in this category. 'Russell Investments understands the needs of its clients in this space, and demonstrated performance and innovation' - Pensions Age and European Pensions.
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Top Tier Broker in P&I Tradewatch report
In 23 out of 27 most recent quarters, Russell Investments Implementation Services, LLC has been ranked as a top-tier broker in Pensions & Investments’ Tradewatch report based on the quality of its trade execution (most recently in P&I’s December 2018 issue).5
Notably, in the September 2018 report, Russell Investments placed among the top ten brokers in all trading by global and U.S. brokers, trade orders with 10,000-50,000 shares, trades by liquidity representing 0-20% of daily volume and trades in giant cap, large cap, midcap, small cap, and microcap markets.
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Awarded five stars for three years running
Russell Investments has been awarded five stars for the third year in a row in the Financial Adviser Service Awards. These awards recognise the importance of quality service from product providers to our clients and are considered to be the benchmark for service standards within the retail finance marketplace. The Five Star award is the most sought-after in the industry.
#1 at delivering digital content
Russell Investments was named the top-rated asset manager in a new report by Living Group, recognising the global asset managers best at delivering digital content to financial advisors and intermediaries.
Pensions Solutions of the Year
- Innovative de-risking solutions
- Successful change management
- Excellent governance and structure
- Excellent funding position
#1 Global broker (2015-2016)
For two years in a row, Russell Investments Implementation Services, LLC was ranked as the #1 global broker in Institutional Investor’s 2016 “Transaction Cost Analysis” survey.6
1 The CIO Industry Innovation Awards have various categories; recipients may differ each year and not be repeated. Previous award wins: FX (2011); Tactical Risk Management (2012); Investment Outsourcing (2013); Transition Management (2014).
2 CIO Magazine did not publish client satisfaction results in 2018.
3 As of March 31, 2018.
4 The 2018 results were based on responses from 243 global asset owners’ ratings, on the portfolio transitions they mandated and the managers they used in the previous 12-months. Cost performance vs. estimate was rated on a scale from 1 (always missed) to 5 (always beat), with a "3" meaning "usually matched." Therefore, average scores closest to 3.00 are ideal.
5 Rankings are based on best-performing brokers as measured by the difference in cost/savings against the universe of Elkins/McSherry, a State Street company. The Elkins/McSherry universe is based on the top 50 brokers in each category by U.S. dollar volume. This is a quarterly ranking based on the previous four-quarters as of September 30, 2018.
6 Cost performance vs. estimate was rated on a scale from 1 (always missed) to 5 (always beat), with a "3" meaning "usually matched." Therefore, average scores closest to 3.00 are ideal. The 2018 results were based on responses from 243 global asset owners’ ratings, on the portfolio transitions they mandated and the managers they used in the previous 12-months.