DALBAR Study Ranks Russell in Top Five among Funds Favored by Financial Professionals.TACOMA, Wash. -- New Ranking Reflects the Need for Diversified, Objective and Transparent Investment Solutions for Clients Russell Investment Group Russell Investment Group is an investment firm with global reach, providing investment products and services to individuals and institutions in 44 countries. A pioneer in multi-manager investing, and the creator of Russell Indexes, Russell manages more than US$200 billion in assets , a global leader in multi-manager investing, was recently ranked #5 in the General Opinion category of DALBAR's Mutual Fund National Rankings: Opinions of Financial Professionals. DALBAR, a Boston-based company providing measurement systems and syndicated research for financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industry participants, conducted the survey from June through August 2004 and collected input from 2,437 financial professionals regarding 39 investment firms. "It has been a tumultuous year for the mutual fund industry and financial professionals have voiced a consistent opinion. They want to work with fund companies with a strong culture of integrity and offer their clients' objective, transparent investment solutions that provide consistent long-term performance," said Lou Harvey, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DALBAR. "We are very pleased to be recognized by financial professionals because we have focused specifically on building broad and cooperative relationships with them. In the 20 plus years we have been working with advisors, we have always viewed their business goals and their clients' investment goals as the drivers of our relationship," said Craig Wainscott, director of knowledge capital, Russell Investment Group. "At a time when individuals are seeking more and more advice, we believe our institutional-quality multi-manager solution allows advisors to spend more time focusing on their clients by allowing them to leverage the full depth and breadth of our manager research and selection capabilities." Russell currently works with more than 250 financial intermediaries Financial intermediaries institution that provide the market function of matching borrowers and lenders or traders. in the US, including Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs), and financial representatives from Northwestern Mutual, AG Edwards and Raymond James  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . About DALBAR DALBAR, Inc., the nation's leading financial-services market research firm, is committed to raising the standards of excellence in the financial-services industry. With offices in both the US and Canada, DALBAR develops standards for, and provides research, ratings, and rankings of intangible factors to the mutual fund, broker/dealer, discount brokerage A discount brokerage is a business that charges clients significantly lower fees than traditional brokerages, typically offering comparatively fewer services and/or advice. , life insurance, and banking industries. They include investor behavior, customer satisfaction, service quality, communications, Internet services, and financial-professional ratings. About Russell Russell Investment Group, a global leader in multi-manager investment Multi-manager investment is an investment product that consists of multiple specialized funds. Each specialized fund may invest across different sectors and markets, or having managers investing in the same asset class but have different investment styles. services, provides investment products and services in more than 35 countries. Russell manages more than $114 billion in assets and advises clients worldwide representing more than $1.8 trillion. Founded in 1936, Russell is a subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual and is headquartered in Tacoma, Wash., with additional offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Toronto, London, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Auckland and Tokyo. Russell Investment Group is a registered trade name of Frank Russell Frank Russell may refer to the following people:
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