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. 1984 - 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. 1994 - Russell opens a sales office in Paris, France. 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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