Russell Boosts Practice Management Services for Financial Professionals (Russell.com)

Russell Boosts Practice Management Services for Financial Professionals
Resultant Steve Moore Joins U.S. Distribution Business

TACOMA, Wash. — July 19, 2005 — Russell Investment Group announced today that resultant Steve Moore has joined the firm's U.S. Distribution business as director, practice management. In this role, Moore will oversee Russell's practice management services for financial professionals, including the firm's successful High Speed Strategic Planning sessions, which provide advisors with practical information and strategies for expanding their businesses and improving the value they bring to clients.

Moore will also coordinate closely with Russell University to deliver financial professionals tailored, content-rich advice and support on topics directly related to the management of their businesses, including business plan development, succession planning, marketing, client relationship management and time management. Moore will report to Craig Wainscott, managing director, knowledge capital.

Moore joins Russell after 12 years running his own consulting firm, Moore Solutions. Russell was one of two primary clients of Moore Solutions during the last eight years (the other being Microsoft) and during this period Moore presented regularly at Russell conferences and provided one-on-one consultation to more than 150 advisors. Moore also worked closely with Russell's U.S. Distribution team to develop the current series of High Speed Planning seminars.

"Steve has a demonstrated track record of helping advisor organizations transform their businesses by achieving focus and driving bottom-line performance," said Wainscott. "He is a leading facilitator, mentor and coach and we are excited that he is now available exclusively from us to help financial professionals with the practice management issues that often stand in the way of them taking their businesses to the next level."

Prior to starting Moore Solutions in 1993, Moore was managing director and later chief operating officer of the Pacific Institute, an international corporation specializing in performance improvement and professional growth, change management and leadership development.

Moore spent the first 20 years of his career as a professional football coach. From 1978 to 1989 he coached in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks and the Buffalo Bills. From 1972 to 1979 he coached at Rice University and the United States Military Academy at West Point and at high schools in Texas and California.

About Russell
Russell Investment Group, a global leader in multi-manager investment services, provides investment products and services in 39 countries. Russell manages more than $136 billion in assets for advisory clients as of June 30, 2005, and provides other financial services to clients worldwide representing more than $2.3 trillion. The company is one of the top five companies in DALBAR's 2004 Financial Professionals "General Opinion" survey and ranked second on Forbes Magazine's Great Place To Work Institute's 2004 list of Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America.

Founded in 1936, Russell is a subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual and is headquartered in Tacoma, Wash., with additional offices in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Auckland and Tokyo.

Contact:
Jennifer Tice 253-439-2921

Russell Investment Group is a registered trade name of Frank Russell Company, a Washington, USA corporation, which operates through subsidiaries worldwide. Frank Russell Company is a subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Russell Fund Distributors, Inc., is the distributor of Frank Russell Investment Company.

First Used July 2005. RFD 05-5232.