Company Timeline
History of Proven Experience and Innovation

1936
- Frank Russell establishes a brokerage firm in Tacoma, Washington (United States of America
1969
- Russell makes the transition from managing money to managing managers marking the beginning period of exponential growth for the company.
- Frank Russell Company opens a New York office and expands its consulting practice in the US.
1979
- Analysts at Russell are the first to recognise investment styles among money managers, and to document the cyclical influence of style on investment performance.
- Russell expands into Europe and opens an office in London as its headquarters for evaluating European money managers
1980
- Russell launches investment management business, extending the company's valuable manager-of-manager concept to smaller pension plans and their members.
1981
- Russell opens an office in Toronto, Canada.
1986
- Russell opens offices in Tokyo and Sydney
1991
- Russell opens an office in Auckland, New Zealand
1993
- Russell introduces multi-manager funds in Europe and opens an office in Paris.
1996
- Russell opens a sales office in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1997
- Russell's consulting business surpasses $1 trillion in represented assets
- Assets under management total £25 billion.
1999
- Russell is acquired by Northwestern Mutual, effective January, becoming a subsidiary of the largest provider of individual life insurance in the United States. Russell retains its name, management, office locations and investment approach.
2000
- Russell opens a sales office in Johannesburg, South Africa.
2001
- Assets under management total £44 billion.
2002
- Russell Breaks into the Spanish market.
- Russell opens a sales office in Geneva, Switzerland.
2003
- Russell manages portfolio transitions worth over £100 billion.
2004
- Russell's assets under management exceed $100 billion.
- Russell acquires Pantheon Ventures, a global private equity fund-of-funds specialist.
2005
- Russell named 'best specialist manager in Europe', S&P and Lipper.
- Recognised "as the worlds largest multi-manager as well as its most global" by The Cerulli Report.
- Russell acknowledged as 'Multi-manager of the Year' by Financial News.
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