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About Russell Indexes

Tools that take analysis to the next level
For over 25 years, Russell Indexes have helped people make better investment decisions. Our indexes allow users to seamlessly track performance of distinct equity markets, investment strategies, and sector and industry categories worldwide.
A leader in index design
Russell Investments' researchers meet with thousands of investment managers around the world to evaluate their investment process and collect data on their portfolios. This commitment to rigorous research allows us to create groundbreaking new products that reflect how today's managers invest.
Currently, assets benchmarked to the Russell Index family equal US$3.9 trillion* more than all other U.S. equity indexes combined.
Why Russell?
- Deep market coverage. Russell Indexes cover 98% of the investable universe worldwide and represent sectors, industries, cap distribution and other fundamental market characteristics.
- Transparent and simple. Modular design makes Russell indexes easy to use and relevant to all asset classes with no gaps or overlaps.
- Completely objective. Rules-based methodology ensures industries and sectors are represented by a wide variety of securities, rather than samples found in other indexes.
- Rigorously maintained. Russell collects a broad range of data to update the indexes every quarter and rebuilds each index annually.
- Adaptable. A wide variety of service levels are available to simplify the portfolio or plan management process.
- Predictive and proactive. Corporate action calendars, daily notifications and month-end capital adjustment tools can be provided to help plan the trades needed to maintain target index weightings.
- Real-time analysis. Divisors track U.S. performance in real time, and daily contribution to return (CTR) data is available for all Russell U.S. indexes.
- Investable products. Accurate and comprehensive, Russell Indexes act as a solid foundation for trading and risk management tools such as ETFs, futures and options.
Learn more
For more information, feel free to call a Russell representative at 1-866-551-0617 or submit your question. We'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

* As of December 31, 2010

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