About Russell Every effort is about financial security At Russell, our purpose is to improve financial security for people by providing strategic advice, world-class implementation, state-of-the-art performance benchmarks and a range of objectively researched, institutional-quality investment products. Russell by the numbers   Founded in 1936 Creator of the Russell Global Indexes, including the Russell 2000® $174.4 billion in assets under management† approximately $786 billion* in assets under advisement More than 2,900 institutional clients and millions of individual shareholders in 46 countries Rated #1 in Money Manager Research1 5,200 investment products scrutinized annually Fewer than 3% of researched money managers make it into our funds Global alliances We deliver our investment programs by joining forces with some of the leading financial services organizations throughout the world. If you're not already consulting a financial professional, let us refer you to one in your area who is familiar with Russell. Industry leaders depend on us Many of the world's most successful organizations depend on our expertise to help build long-term financial security for their business and their employees. We design investment plans of all sizes to suit each of our client's particular needs. Our consulting and investment clients include2: Alcoa AmerisourceBergen Corp. Barclays Bank BHP Billiton Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust Boeing Caterpillar Coca-Cola Bottling Co. General Motors Public School & Educational Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri Toyota Motor Pension Fund †As of 09/30/09 *As of 09/30/08 1Russell Investments holds the largest market share of the global manager-of-managers market which includes "collective investment funds or institutional separate accounts with assets managed as segregated accounts by multiple underlying managers." The Cerulli Report™, Quantitative Update: Global Multimanager Product, 2008. 2 U.S. and non-U.S. clients on this representative list were selected from Russell Investments' complete client roster from those who have given permission to publish their names (as of 4/09). U.S. publicly-held companies listed are Russell clients that appear on the 2008 Fortune 100 list. The non-public company client and endowment/foundation client are each those with the highest total assets. Non-U.S. clients listed represent those with the highest total assets in each of the following regions: Austral-Asia, Japan and Europe. Performance-based data was not used in selecting listed clients. The identification of the clients listed does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of Russell's products or services by such client. The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, representative of the U.S. small capitalization securities market. Indexes and/or benchmarks are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Copyright © Russell Investments 2007. All rights reserved. Russell Investment Group is a Washington, USA corporation, which operates through subsidiaries worldwide, including Russell Investments, and is a subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. The Russell logo is a registered trademark of Russell Investments. Securities products and services offered through Russell Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA, part of Russell Investments. For information on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, go to www.finra.org. First used October 2007. RFD 07-7094			More information Read Russell at-a-glance (PDF) to learn how Russell gives individual investors the "big investor advantage." View this sample portfolio (PDF) to see how Russell Funds help you access some of the world's best investment managers. See the difference a balanced investment approach can make by comparing single vs. multi-asset portfolio performance (PDF). Printer friendly version of this page

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