OUTSOURCED CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER (OCIO)

A holistic investment approach focused on
helping you reach your unique goals.

How can we help you? Key aspects of our approach What sets us apart

How can Investment outsourcing help you?

What are the ways outsourced investment management helps get you closer to achieving your goals?

Enhanced governance

If your board meets quarterly, you may have as little as 16 hours per YEAR to collectively make investment decisions. Best-in-class implemented consulting will help you delegate effectively, ensuring your governance structure is robust and aligned to your needs. You can focus on the decisions that matter and maintain oversight across your entire investment program.

Tailoring the solution to your needs

Every organisation is unique - with their own goals, circumstances, values and beliefs. That’s why leading implemented consultants must have the flexibility and tools to precisely align to these needs - improving the likelihood of achieving your goals, without compromising your values or beliefs.

Lower costs

Global investment managers can help reduce your overall costs, using their scale to negotiate more competitive rates with sub-managers and pooling your assets with other organisations. Outsourced investment management can further optimise your portfolio to your fee budget - drawing on active, factor-based and passive strategies for a holistic solution.

Reduced strain on your resources

Keeping pace with continually evolving markets, regulatory obligations, multiple providers and endless administrative tasks can place a significant strain on you and your team. The right partner adds additional depth to your team, providing the support you need within a level of discretion that suits you.

Timely execution

Markets change daily. That’s why annual or quarterly investment meetings are simply inadequate in today’s fast-paced environment. Global investment management firms, around the clock, dynamically monitoring and managing your investments day and night.

Improved access to best opportunities

Outsourced investment management can help you cost-effectively access the specialist investment expertise you need. The best go well-beyond in-house strategies, extensively researching and rating thousands of investment managers and opportunities to find those ideally suited to your portfolio.

KEY ASPECTS OF OUR OCIO APPROACH

Our role: helping you achieve your investment goals. Period.

Uniquely
yours.

We do not take a cookie-cutter approach with your investment program. Dedicating the time to truly understand you, your challenges, your beliefs and your organisation ensures our solution is ideally suited to your needs.

In a recent study, our clients ranked our understanding and alignment with their unique investment goals ahead of any other firm surveyed.¹

Industry
expertise.

Your dedicated team will include seasoned professionals who have helped organisations like yours achieve their investment goals. They’ll hit the ground running with a deep understanding of the investment challenges faced by your industry.

Our investment professionals bring an average of 19 years industry experience with specialist expertise in superannuation and not for profit.²

Global
access.

There is a world of opportunities. Our globally-connected network of investment professionals delivers the best we can find and puts them to work for you. Every specialist integrates with our global investment platform, drawing on sophisticated modelling tools and years of research and expertise.

Today, our global platform is substantial, managing more than $320 billion³ – and guiding $2.5 trillion⁴ – in assets on behalf of investors all around the world.

WHAT SETS OUR INVESTMENT PROGRAM APART

We are global specialists.

A part of your team.

We are not an arms-length service provider. Big or small, we are on this journey with you, working tirelessly to become an integral member of your team.

Trust, responsiveness and teamwork matters. Our clients agree, ranking our client service ahead of any other provider in a recent independent survey.

This is what we do.

We began working in a co-fiduciary capacity in 1980. Today, outsourced investment management is the core of our global business and is a significant focus of our research agenda.

Named as the OCIO of the year for 2020 ⁵, our uncompromising focus has helped us grow into the 3rd largest OCIO provider ⁶and one of the top 10 largest consultants⁷ in the world.

Global horsepower.

Our global investment platform fully integrates the full complement of capabilities necessary for any mandate.

Honed over more than 50 years, every aspect of our global platform is uncompromisingly focused on helping investors achieve their goals.

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¹ In a recent study conducted by Chatham Partners, Russell Investments significantly outperformed peers in multiple client service metrics. Firms included in the Chatham proprietary investment management benchmark: AllianzGI, Blackrock, BNY Mellon, Bridgewater Associates, Capital Guardian/ Capital Research, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Dodge & Cox, Goldman Sachs, GMO, J.P. Morgan, Loomis Sayles & Company, MFS Investment Management, Neuberger Berman, NTGI, Parametric, PIMCO, State Street, T. Rowe Price, Vanguard, Wellington, and Wells Capital Mgmt.

² All data as at December 31, 2020 unless otherwise stated.

³ As of December 31, 2020.

⁴ As of June 30, 2020.

⁵ Russell Investments was named the winner of the 2020 Pension Bridge Institutional Asset Management Awards for providing exceptional OCIO services to our valued clients.

⁶ Source: Pensions & Investments, "Special report: CIO Outsourcing: OCIO growth assisted by volatile times", Issue date: June 29, 2020. Available at: https://researchcenter.pionline.com/v3/rankings/outsourcing-manager/datatable

⁷ Source: Pensions & Investments “Investment Consultants Directory: 2020”. Available at: https://researchcenter.pionline.com/v3/rankings/consultant/datatable