Ly Tran, Ph.D.

Ly Tran is an asset allocation strategist for Russell Investments focused on developing and supporting investment strategies for defined contribution retirement plans. Her responsibilities include analysis for custom target date funds, retirement readiness studies, and research on industry glide paths and trends affecting DC sponsors and participants. She has co-authored research papers at Russell Investments on retirement products. Prior to Russell Investments, Ly was an instructor at Brandeis University and Babson College. She taught microeconomics, game theory, and introduction to investments and financial markets.