Get Your Portfolio in Shape With Active ETFs

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Brad Jung

—Brad Jung

Head of Advisor & Intermediary Solutions, North America

Understanding Active ETFs

Why investors are putting active ETFs in their toolkit:

Transparency

Active ETFs trade intraday on an exchange providing better liquidity and a clear picture of portfolio holdings.

Tax Efficiency

ETFs are widely considered more tax efficient than mutual funds due to their potential to reduce capital gains distributions.

Low Cost

Active ETFs generally have lower fees than mutual funds, often allowing investors to keep more of their returns.*

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* Investors trading ETFs should also consider transaction costs incurred through their brokerage, such as commissions which could reduce returns.
Source: Morningstar (https://www.morningstar.com/funds/active-etfs-vs-mutual-funds-what-know-before-picking-new-fund)

Our Funds

Russell Investments’ lineup of active ETFs focus on asset classes that offer attractive above-benchmark return potential through active management. That includes U.S. small cap, international developed, and global infrastructure.

RUSC

U.S. Small Cap Equity Active ETF

A U.S. stock fund that pursues long term capital growth by investing in small and micro-cap markets

RGLO

Global Equity Active ETF

A global stock fund that pursues long term capital growth by investing in U.S. and non-U.S. markets.

RINT

International Developed Equity Active ETF

An international stock fund that pursues long term capital growth by investing in non-U.S. developed markets

REMG

Emerging Markets Equity Active ETF

An international stock fund that pursues long term capital growth by investing in emerging markets.

RIFR

Global Infrastructure Active ETF

A global stock fund that pursues long term growth of capital and current income by investing in infrastructure companies around the world

Why Russell Investments

We innovate portfolios to help advisors elevate client outcomes through our unique, time-tested model.

  • Multi-manager, multi-style investing: We seek to provide exposure to a diversified portfolio of complementary strategies, styles and asset classes.
  • Access to specialty managers: We tap into our expansive research network to uncover specialist money managers to fill specific roles in the portfolio.
  • Dynamic portfolio management: Over time, we employ various tools to adjust portfolios in line with our capital market outlook.
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IMPORTANT RISK DISCLOSURES

Russell Investments Exchange Traded Fund objectives, risks, charges and expenses should be carefully considered before investing. A summary prospectus, if available, or a prospectus containing this and other important information can be obtained by calling 800-787-7354 or by visiting the prospectus and reports page to download one. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. 

ETF investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their net asset value (“NAV”) only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only in the secondary market at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

The investment styles employed by a Fund’s money managers may not be complementary. This concentration may be beneficial or detrimental to a Fund’s performance depending upon the performance of those securities and the overall economic environment. The multi-manager approach could increase a Fund’s portfolio turnover rates which may result in higher levels of realized capital gains or losses with respect to a Fund’s portfolio securities, higher brokerage commissions and other transaction costs.

Unlike passively managed ETFs, actively managed ETFs do not attempt to track or replicate an index. The Fund’s investment decisions are made at the discretion of its portfolio managers, and there is no guarantee that the strategies used will be successful. The Fund may underperform other funds with similar investment objectives, including those that track an index.

Russell Investments Exchange Traded Funds are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC. 

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