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Russell Investments
Filed as RUSSELL INVESTMENTS · Legal name Russell Investment Management, LLC
Russell Investments is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Seattle, WA, registered since 1982, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 1, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Russell Investments compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Russell Investments reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees; other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.
Where is Russell Investments located?
Russell Investments' principal office is in Seattle, WA, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Russell Investments registered with the SEC or a state?
Russell Investments is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1982. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105734.
How much does Russell Investments manage?
Russell Investments reports $68,603,687,893 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 1, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Russell Investments' assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Russell Investments: Regulatory assets under management: $43,812,875,415 in the October 2021 data and $68,603,687,893 in the October 2026 data, up 57%. Total employees: 228 in October 2021 and 569 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Russell Investments serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (58); other investment advisers (11); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1).
Which custodians does Russell Investments use?
Russell Investments' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Russell Investments report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/105734
What changed in Russell Investments' recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Its Item 11 disclosure answers changed. Employees performing advisory functions went from 122 to 115.
From the Form ADV filing
Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.
How the firm is compensated
Item 5.E- A percentage of assets under your management
- Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
- Performance-based fees
- Other
Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ
Fees and minimums
Form ADV Part 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$68,603,687,893 as of October 2026, filing dated April 1, 2026.
A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means
Who the firm serves
Item 5.DA firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.
Advisory services
Item 5.G- Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
- Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Russell Investment Management, LLC
- Also doing business as
- RUSSELL INVESTMENTS
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 1982 (44 years)
- Employees
- Total: 569. Performing investment advisory functions: 115.
- Wrap fee program participation
- Yes.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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2 other offices, as of the May 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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53 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 111 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures
Assets and staff over time
Items 5.A, 5.F| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $68,603,687,893 | 569 | April 1, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $62,376,876,918 | 589 | July 21, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $52,480,583,056 | 653 | July 30, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $47,233,145,795 | 651 | June 30, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $53,890,954,883 | 278 | March 31, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $43,812,875,415 | 228 | August 12, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $43,812,875,415 in the October 2021 data and $68,603,687,893 in the October 2026 data, up 57%.
Total employees: 228 in October 2021 and 569 in October 2026.
As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.
Changes in the filing
Last 12 months- April 2026
- Its Item 11 disclosure answers changed.
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 122 to 115.
Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.
Websites listed on Form ADV
Item 1.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
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AdvisorCensus. Russell Investments (CRD 105734): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/russell-investments-seattle-wa-105734