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Manager & Investment Selection
Beware 'greenwashing'
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Increasingly, managers are integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their investment process and beginning to actively engage with companies.
Client Relationships
Women and Investing: A look at this powerful and growing financial force
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Trends suggest the differences between how men and women invest can be advantageous. Studies have shown women take fewer investment risks than men and earn 12% higher returns on individual investments.
Active/Passive Management
Finishing the task with all our players
In the search for alpha, yield-curve positioning, currency and security selection take center stage.
Sustainable Investing
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The SDGs are a universal set of goals, targets and indicators for global development.
Client Relationships
7 things every advisor should know about the slacker generation
Where am I going to get my next client? It’s a common refrain that echoes in the minds of many advisors. As baby boomers continue to age, many advisors are trying to figure out where to go to find the next generation of growing assets.
Children & College Savings
College: the new 'debt sentence'
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At nearly $1.6 trillion, student debt is double the size of the Defense budget and is second only to mortgages on the list of the largest household liabilities.
Sustainable Investing
ESG shopping? Do your homework
A scarcity of disclosures is creating an information vacuum for ESG investors who rely only on off-the-shelf ratings.
Client Life Events
Millennials are just getting started
Millennials' biggest impact on consumption and housing will come in the years ahead.
Tax Management
Your words matter! Especially when it comes to TAXES.
Russell Investments has crossed an important milestone with our Tax-Managed Model Strategies. We now have a 15+ year track record to talk about. One thing is very apparent: taxes are hard and the differences between approaches vary wildly.
Advisor Value & Fees
Is a financial advisor worth the cost?
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My grandfather came over to the U.S. from Ireland in the early 1900s. As a kid, I always remember him telling me, Nothing in this world is for free and if someone tells you otherwise, walk the other way. I was reminded of this when I recently saw online ads for free financial planning and free no cost ETFs.