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Russell Investments Emerging Markets Equity Class Series B

Emerging Markets Equity

FundGrade D Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade D

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Fundata ESG GradeD Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade D

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NAVPS
(05-16-2025)
$15.75
Change
$0.02 (0.13%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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Russell Investments Emerging Markets Equity Class Series B

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 31, 2008): 4.83%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -3.30% -2.95% -0.42% 0.06% 6.09% 7.52% 3.70% -2.18% 3.70% 0.61% -0.52% 0.68% 3.69% 1.59%
Benchmark -3.13% -3.16% -1.45% -2.14% 10.27% 11.53% 7.80% 2.35% 7.32% 4.41% 3.97% 5.00% 7.54% 5.27%
Category Average -2.02% -1.57% 0.15% 0.66% 6.85% 8.59% 5.63% -1.22% 5.92% 2.97% 2.19% 3.40% 5.63% 3.55%
Category Rank 250 / 337 169 / 335 184 / 335 155 / 335 180 / 328 228 / 303 248 / 294 216 / 273 223 / 261 215 / 245 186 / 198 174 / 189 141 / 157 132 / 143
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 0.80% 1.96% 0.64% -1.25% 5.82% -1.43% -1.68% 1.23% 3.09% -0.36% 0.73% -3.30%
Benchmark 0.38% 3.25% 1.30% -0.40% 7.98% -0.88% -2.18% 2.94% 1.05% -0.22% 0.19% -3.13%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.72% (March 2009)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.91% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -1.10% 7.93% 24.54% -14.60% 13.84% 8.09% -1.55% -20.22% 4.44% 13.98%
Benchmark 2.69% 7.90% 26.42% -6.05% 15.55% 11.45% 0.08% -12.38% 7.03% 21.65%
Category Average -3.92% 6.53% 28.88% -11.86% 15.06% 17.52% -3.30% -17.32% 8.68% 12.46%
Quartile Ranking 4 2 4 4 3 4 2 4 4 3
Category Rank 125/ 142 52/ 153 155/ 184 172/ 197 140/ 241 242/ 261 109/ 264 232/ 282 244/ 301 167/ 315

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

24.54% (2017)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-20.22% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 95.68
Cash and Equivalents 2.74
US Equity 0.88
Canadian Equity 0.59
Income Trust Units 0.13
Other -0.02

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 31.09
Financial Services 23.44
Consumer Goods 11.01
Consumer Services 6.86
Basic Materials 6.04
Other 21.56

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 75.59
Latin America 9.13
Africa and Middle East 7.03
Europe 4.63
North America 3.62

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Russell Investments Emerging Markets Equity Pl O 99.75
RICL CAD CASH MGT FND SERIES O 0.24
US DOLLAR 0.02

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

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Russell Investments Emerging Markets Equity Class Series B

Median

Other - Emerging Markets Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.77% 13.18% 13.94%
Beta 1.03% 1.03% 1.03%
Alpha -0.04% -0.04% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.93% 0.93% 0.94%
Sharpe 0.04% 0.16% 0.06%
Sortino 0.19% 0.18% -0.05%
Treynor 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency 98.74% 75.35% 29.96%
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.39% 13.77% 13.18% 13.94%
Beta 0.77% 1.03% 1.03% 1.03%
Alpha -0.02% -0.04% -0.04% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.85% 0.93% 0.93% 0.94%
Sharpe 0.30% 0.04% 0.16% 0.06%
Sortino 0.70% 0.19% 0.18% -0.05%
Treynor 0.03% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency 97.96% 98.74% 75.35% 29.96%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A25.325.335.035.00%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

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Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A31.631.642.442.40%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A19.319.326.526.50%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date October 31, 2008
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Corporation
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $1

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
FRC2008
FRC2009
FRC2010
FRC2011

Investment Objectives

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide maximum total return, primarily through capital appreciation, by assuming a higher level of volatility than is ordinarily expected from developed markets outside North America through exposure primarily to equity securities of emerging market countries.

Investment Strategy

To achieve its objective, the Fund invests in Russell Investments Emerging Markets Equity Pool. The Fund may use derivatives from time to time for hedging and non-hedging purposes. The Fund may use derivatives to hedge against changes in the value of the Fund’s investments caused by changes to the exchange rates between the Canadian dollar and other currencies.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Russell Investments Canada Limited

Sub-Advisor

AllianceBernstein Canada Inc.

Oaktree Capital Management

Coeli Frontier Markets AB

RWC Asset Advisors (US) LLC

Axiom International Investors LLC

Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Russell Investments Canada Limited

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd

Distributor

Russell Investments Canada Limited

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 3.02%
Management Fee 2.20%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.20%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.20%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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