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Russell Global Equity Pool
Series A Units
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Summary of Investment Portfolio


Goal
To provide long-term capital appreciation by obtaining diversified exposure to equity securities around the world.

Target Allocation
(Actual manager allocation may vary)

Style   Weight   Manager
         
Growth   20%   MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.
Value   30%   Clarivest Asset Management
Growth   10%   McKinley Capital Management
Value   20%   Harris Associates, L.P.
Growth   20%   Marsico Capital Management, LLC

Investment Performance

31-Oct-08   3 mths   YTD   1 yr.   3 yrs.   5 yrs.   10 yrs.   Incep.*
                             
Series A   -16.04   -26.03   -26.54   -6.96   -2.39   -3.79   -3.37


Total Number of Holdings: 359
as of September 30, 2008


Total Pool Assets: $279.78 million
as of September 30, 2008

Summary of Investment Portfolio


Top 25 Holdings*   % of Pool
as at September 30, 2008    
Percentage of net assets ($279,784,915) of the Pool    
JP Morgan Chase & Co.   2.8
Credit Suisse Group AG   1.9
Intel Corp.   1.8
McDonalds Corp.   1.8
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC   1.7
Costco Wholesale Corp.   1.6
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.   1.4
Lockheed Martin Corp.   1.4
Union Pac Corp.   1.4
Hewlett Packard Co.   1.4
Nestle SA Cham Und Vevey   1.3
Raytheon Co.   1.3
Vestas Wind Systems A/S Randers   1.2
Wells Fargo & Co.   1.2
Monsanto Co.   1.1
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.   1.1
Dell Inc.   1.1
Glaxosmithkline PLC   1.0
Apple Inc.   1.0
Schering Plough Corp.   1.0
Carnival Corp.   1.0
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.   0.9
Heineken Holding NV   0.9
Adecco SA Cheserex   0.9
Mastercard Inc.   0.9

Note: The statement of investment portfolio may change due to ongoing portfolio transactions of the Pool. This list will be updated within 60 days of each quarter end.

Sector Weights  
as of September 30, 2008    
Financials   21.2
Industrials   14.4
Information Technology   14.3
Consumer Staples   11.4
Consumer Discretionary   11.3
Health Care   11.0
Energy   7.1
Materials   3.8
Telecommunications Services   3.3
Utilities   2.1

Country Weights  
as at June 30, 2008    
Country   Pool Weight (%)
United States   43.4%
Europe ex.UK   31.2%
United Kingdom   9.5%
Japan   8.6%
Pacific Basin ex.Japan   1.9%
Emerging Markets   5.4%






Each Pool in the Russell Sovereign Investment Program® (other than Russell Diversified Monthly Income Portfolio and Russell Retirement Essentials Portfolio) offers Series A, B, E, F and O units. The Russell Diversified Monthly Income Portfolio has E-5 and E-7, I-5, I-7, F-5 and F-7 units. The Russell Retirement Essentials Portfolio has E-5, E-6, E-7, I-5, I-6, I-7, F-5, F-6 and F-7. The returns of each series of units may differ as a result of varying fees and expenses. Series A and B units have the same management fee. Your adviser is paid a trailer fee as compensation for providing services to you. Series F units are sold only to investors enrolled in a fee-for-service or wrap program and these units have a reduced management fee and do not pay trailer fees to the adviser. Instead each investor negotiates a separate, ongoing fee that is paid directly to their adviser and is based on the market value of the investors' assets. Series O units are only available from Russell Investments Canada Limited and are generally not sold to the public. They are intended to be used in fund of fund arrangements and other wrap programs sponsored by us. They are also available to large institutional investors or other accounts as we may determine from time to time on a case-by-case basis. No management fees are charged to the Pools with respect to the Series O units. Instead, each Series O investor negotiates a separate fee that is paid directly by the investor. Series E units targets large investors and as such, have a higher minimum investment and a lower trailer and management fee. For more information about our Pools please see Legal Information.

Series A units of Russell Canadian Equity Pool, Russell US Equity Pool, Russell Overseas Equity Pool and Russell Canadian Fixed Income Pool have been available since January 1993. The Emerging Markets Equity Series A units have been available since June 1997 and the Global Equity and Money Market Series A units have been available since April 1998. With the exception of Russell Diversified Monthly Income Portfolio, Russell Retirement Essentials Portfolio and Russell Core Plus Fixed Income Pool, Series B and F units of all the pools have been available since 2001. Russell Core Plus Fixed Income Pool and the Series E units of all the Russell Sovereign have been available since October 2007. Russell Core Plus Fixed Income Pool has been available since October 2007. Russell Retirement Essentials Portfolio has been available since March 2008. Series F-5, F-7 and I-5 of Russell Diversified Monthly Income Portfolio have been available since November 2005 and I-7 of Russell Diversified Monthly Income Portfolio has been available since November 2004.

Unless otherwise noted, all the rates shown are for the period ending September 30, 2008 . The rates shown are compounded yearly. They also include changes in unit value and all money that has been re-invested.

Data sources include: S&P/TSX Composite Index, Scotia Capital Markets Bond Universe and 30-day T-bills, Bank of Canada: Consumer Price Index, GIC's and Conventional Mortgages, Standard and Poor's 500 Index, Dow Jones Industrial Average, MSCI Regional and EAFE Indexes and MSCI Emerging Markets Index.


Date of first publish: November 17, 2008

*Inception, April 1998

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