2023 Outsourced Chief Investment Officer Survey

Provider Profiles


Russell Investments

Profile
Business Model§ OCIO + other
Year Entered Into OCIO Business1980
No. of Relationship Managers/Salespeople97
No. of OCIO Portfolio Managers83
OCIO % of Total Firm Revenue75%
No. of Clients, Full Discretion417
Full Discretionary Assets
Total Full Discretionary OCIO Assets$227.2b
Discretionary Assets by Fund Type
Defined Benefit$73.4b
401(k), 403(b), Other DC$20.1b
Endowments/Foundation$5.1b
Healthcare Pools (Board designated, funded depreciation)$18.6b
Other$109.8b
Portfolio Construction
We build portfolios using an open architecture framework of concentrated active strategies to capture skill in security selection, as well as a blend of passive strategies to capture strategic beliefs, and risk premia, all while paying close attention to costs. In our multi-manager funds, our portfolio managers draw from our manager research analysts’ best research ideas where we seek to provide access to some of the best specialist managers available, enabling each separate account manager to play to their specific strengths and combine them effectively to reduce the risk of single manager underperformance. Our portfolio managers aim to combine diversified separate account managers with complementary processes in order to outperform.
§OCIO only: Open-architecture (no proprietary products used): Investment outsourcing is only business line.

OCIO + other: An open-architecture/manager-of-manager investment outsourcing platform as one of multiple business lines.

Implemented consulting: i.e. consulting firm that also has discretion over assigned assets.

Proprietary/non-proprietary: An investment outsourcing platform that offers proprietary products alongside non-proprietary products.

Other: OCIO Platform is something other than the 4 types listed above.