The Russell Indexes are a comprehensive family of global equity indexes, including the industry-leading Russell U.S. indexes, which allow investors to seamlessly track performance of distinct market segments worldwide without gaps or overlaps. Transparent construction, objective methodology and pioneering approach to global definitions of cap-size lead to indexes that more accurately reflect the market. Our market-driven methodology makes the Russell indexes the ideal benchmarks and foundation for investment tools.
Created in 1984, the Russell Indexes have become the most widely used benchmarks by U.S. institutional investors and today, $3.9 trillion in assets are benchmarked to them.