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 for the one-year period takes into account the effect of any
current contractual fee waivers and/or reimbursements. The calculation of costs for the remaining periods takes such fee waivers and/or reimbursements into account only for the first year of the periods. This example does not reflect any Insurance Company Separate Account or Policy charges. If it did, the costs shown would have been higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, under these assumptions your costs would
be:
The Fund pays no transaction costs or commissions when it buys and sells Shares of the Underlying Funds. The Underlying Funds pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when they buy and sell securities (or “turn over” their portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs affect the Underlying Funds’ performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 11% of the average value of its portfolio. Portfolio turnover rates for the Underlying Funds are available in the Prospectus for the Underlying Funds.
Investments, Risks and Performance
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund is a “fund of funds,” which seeks to achieve
its objective by investing in a combination of several other Russell Investment Funds
(“RIF”
) funds or Russell Investment Company (“RIC”) funds (the
“Underlying Funds”). RIC is a
registered investment company that has the same investment adviser as RIF. Russell Investment Management, LLC (“RIM”), the Fund’s investment adviser,
intends the Fund’s strategy of investing in a combination of Underlying Funds to result in investment diversification that an investor could otherwise achieve only
by holding numerous individual investments. The Fund’s approximate target strategic asset allocation as of May 1, 2025 is 81.5% to equity, 5% to fixed income, 8% to multi-asset and 5.5% to alternative asset classes. As a result of its investments in the Underlying Funds, the Fund indirectly invests principally in U.S. and non-U.S. equity and fixed income securities and derivatives. Alternative Underlying Funds pursue investment strategies that differ from those of traditional broad market equity or fixed income funds. The RIC Long Duration Bond Underlying Fund is managed directly by RIM, the Fund’s investment adviser. For all other Underlying Funds, RIM employs a multi-manager approach whereby most assets of the Underlying Funds are allocated to the strategies of different unaffiliated money managers. RIM considers this Fund to be an
“equity aggressive”
fund due to its investment objective and asset allocation to equity and alternative Underlying Funds.
RIM may modify the target strategic asset allocation for any Fund, including changes to the Underlying Funds in which a Fund invests, from time to time. RIM’s allocation decisions are generally based on RIM’s outlook on the business and economic cycle, relative market valuations and market sentiment. RIM may change the Fund’s target strategic asset allocation by up to +/- 5% at the equity, fixed income, multi-asset or alternative asset class level based on RIM’s capital markets research. A Fund’s actual allocation may vary from the target strategic asset allocation at any point in time due to market movements, and/or due to the implementation over a period of time of a change to the target strategic asset allocation including the addition of a new Underlying Fund. The Fund’s target strategic asset allocation and the Underlying Funds in which the Fund may invest may be changed from time to time without shareholder notice or approval.
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 shares of equity Underlying Funds. For purposes of this policy,
the Fund considers an equity Underlying Fund to be an Underlying Fund that invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its net assets in equity securities. The Fund expects the alternative Underlying Funds to be equity Underlying Funds for purposes of assessing compliance with this policy as they invest predominately in equity securities.
Please refer to the “Investment Objective and Investment
Strategies” section in the Fund’s Prospectus for further information.