The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes your investment has a 5% return each year and that operating expenses remain the same. The calculation of costs takes into account the effect of any current fee waiver for the contractual period.
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it
buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes
when Fund Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations as of the date of the Prospectus, no portfolio turnover rate is available for the Fund.
The Fund has a non-fundamental policy to invest, under normal
circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes in equity securities economically tied to countries (other than the U.S.)
with developed markets. The Fund invests principally in equity securities, including common stocks and preferred stocks, issued by companies economically tied to developed markets countries, other than the U.S., and in depositary receipts representing shares in such companies. The Fund’s securities are denominated principally in foreign currencies and may be held outside the U.S. The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in equity securities of companies that are economically tied to emerging market countries. The Fund considers the following countries to have developed markets: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. As a general rule, the Fund considers emerging market countries to include every other country. The Fund invests principally in large and medium capitalization companies, but may also invest in small capitalization companies. The Fund defines large and medium capitalization companies as those companies represented by the MSCI World ex USA Index or with market capitalization within the capitalization range of the MSCI World ex USA Index. Equity securities in which the Fund invests include common stocks, preferred stocks, partnership interests, depositary receipts and securities or instruments whose value is based on common stocks, such as futures contracts. In determining if a security is economically tied to a developed market country, the Fund generally looks to the “country of risk” of the issuer as determined by a third party such as Bloomberg L.P.
The Fund is advised by Russell Investment Management, LLC (“RIM”) and multiple money managers unaffiliated with RIM pursuant to a multi-style (e.g., growth, value,
market-oriented, defensive and/or dynamic) and multi-manager approach. RIM provides all portfolio management services for the Fund and may change a Fund's allocation to the
money manager investment strategies at any time. The Fund's money managers have non-discretionary asset management assignments pursuant to which they provide a model portfolio to RIM representing their investment recommendations.