Awards and recognition
When you invest, it's good to know you're among the best. Russell Investments has been globally recognised for excellence in the investment industry.
In 36 out of 40 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 September 2021 issue). 1
For the 11th year in a row, Russell Investments was globally ranked among leading institutional OCIO managers based on outsourced assets under management (AUM) from 59 firms in the June 2021 Pensions & Investments’ annual survey of OCIO managers. Our OCIO solutions have $183.8 billion2 (as of March 31, 2021) in institutional outsourced AUM around the globe.
For the 10th year in a row, Russell Investments was ranked as a top global manager of institutional outsourced assets in CIO Magazine’s “Outsourced-Chief Investments Officer (OCIO) Survey,” based on the AUM from its fully discretionary clients. In 2021, CIO’s “OCIO Survey” included 47 firms.
For the 13th year in a row, Russell Investments was ranked as one of the top 10 largest consultants. Ranking is based on worldwide institutional assets under advisement (AUA) by the 2021 Pensions & Investments “Special Report: Investment Consultants”.3
Russell Investments was named the winner of “OCIO of the Year” at the 2020 Pension Bridge Institutional Asset Management Awards for providing exceptional OCIO services to our valued clients.4
Our model portfolios are recognised as a leader in the field. Cerulli Associates has ranked Russell Investments as the #1 asset manager model provider based on total assets.5
The judges applauded Russell Investments’ dynamic, well-structured approach and exemplary performance in the multi-asset space.
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Russell Investments was named the winner of the “Currency Manager of the Year” at the 2019 European Pensions Awards. Chosen among 12 finalists in this category, Pensions Age and European Pensions cited Russell Investments’ “excellent commitment to improving outcomes for both its clients and the wider industry, with its unrivalled ability to manage currency risk, as well as reducing execution cost.
Russell Investments was named as the winner of 2019 MMI/Barron’s Industry Award in the Thought Leadership/Education category for our recent Value of an Adviser Study - a comprehensive programme, with both adviser- and client-centric content, that takes a quantitative, data-driven approach to articulating the value that advisers provide to their clients.
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1 Source: Pensions & Investments, “Tradewatch for Q2 2021,” Issue date: September 6, 2021. Retrievable at: https://www.pionline.com/tradewatch or https://www.pionline.com/interactive/tradewatch-q2-2021
2 Source: Pensions & Investments, “Special report: CIO Outsourcing”. Issue date: 28 June 2021. Available at: https://www.pionline.com/OCIO2021
3Source: Pensions & Investments. (2021, November 29). “Special report: Investment Consultants” and “Client demands push consultants to upgrade tech”. Available at: https://www.pionline.com/consultants21, https://researchcenter.pionline.com/v3/rankings/consultant/specialreports/aua-ww-instl and https://www.pionline.com/special-report-investment-consultants/consultants-upgrade-technology-meet-client-demand
4 Source: Pension Bridge “Institutional Asset Management Awards 2020”, September 2020. https://iamanagementawards.awardstage.com/#!/p1
5 Based on total assets. Model providers surveyed during Q4 2019 were asked to provide estimated asset levels in models for accounts into which they had visibility. Source: Exhibit 3.02 Top-25 Asset Manager and Third-Party Strategist Providers of Asset Allocation Model Portfolios, The Cerulli Report - U.S. Asset Allocation Model Portfolios 2020.