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Deals & People April 13, 2011
Russell Expands Adviser Support Team
Russell Investments has hired Chris Barlow as a defined contribution specialist for the firm’s U.S. adviser-sold business.
Reported by PLANADVISER staff
In this newly-created position, Barlow will focus specifically on working with Russell’s sales and service teams to deliver defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) solutions to retirement plan intermediaries and strategic distribution partners in the southeast region of the United States. Barlow will report to Ben Jones, director of defined contribution, intermediary distribution, and is based in Milwaukee.
Barlow brings to Russell more than 10 years of industry experience, with a particular emphasis on the institutional defined contribution space, Russell reports. Prior to joining Russell, Barlow was the institutional client relationship manager for Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, where he also served as vice president of institutional sales.
Globally, Russell’s defined contribution business has more than $80 billion in assets under advisement and more than $20 billion in assets under management (as of December 31, 2010).« Sponsors Say Participants Don’t Fully Utilize Savings Tools