Russell adds to its LifePoints line-up

Russell Investments Canada has announced changes to its Russell LifePoints Portfolios line-up, including two new portfolios and the addition of global high-yield bonds and emerging markets debt to its fixed-income allocations.

The new Russell LifePoints Fixed Income Portfolio offers, as the name suggests, 100% fixed income allocation, while the Russell LifePoints Conservative Income Portfolio offers an 80% fixed income allocation with 20% equity allocation.

Each of these new portfolios and most of the existing LifePoints Portfolios gives investors access to the new Russell Global High Income Bond Pool, which provides exposure to high-yield bonds and emerging markets debt.

“As equity markets remain volatile and traditional government securities offer low yields, exposure to global high-yield bonds and emerging markets debt may increase return potential and lower risk through diversification,” said Greg Nott, Russell’s CIO. “They also have historically had a low correlation to other fixed-income securities.”

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