Currency Management
Proactively managing currency risk.
Partner with usWhat is currency management?
When institutional investors make allocations to international assets, they are exposed to exchange rate fluctuations. That currency exposure can have a large impact on realised returns. Currency management uses currency hedging and absolute return strategies to minimise the risks of currency exposure and seeks to use currency factors as a source of diversified return.
We offer a comprehensive currency management strategy and resources with experience and expertise to help your organisation:
Reduce the operational burden of managing FX
Improve portfolio risk-return profile
Lower transaction costs
Our suite of customised currency management solutions
As a leading global currency manager, Russell Investments has deep experience meeting the needs of sophisticated institutional clients globally. Our highly knowledgeable currency specialists work alongside you to tailor a strategy that helps minimise the currency risk in your international portfolio. Supported by a disciplined and proven implementation framework, we execute using our dedicated foreign exchange (FX) trading as both an agent and fiduciary. We can help manage operational, counterparty, and settlement risk and deliver ongoing support and comprehensive performance reporting.
Why choose Russell Investments as your currency manager?
Holistic FX platform
Our pure agency trading platform enables meaningful netting and matching opportunities for efficient, cost-effective, and confidential trading. In 2023, we traded across 190+ currency pairs.
Dedicated currency expertise
Our currency team specialises in the design and execution of currency strategies tailored to the individual requirements of each client. By month-end May 2025, the team managed over £42.96 billion assets in currency strategies.
Disciplined end-to-end process
Supported by proven processes and robust infrastructure, our team builds guidelines according to your unique requirements maintaining ongoing monitoring and detailed transparent reporting to underlying performance. Reduce your operational burden and gain peace of mind.
$52.53 B
Currency management AUM in 2023
100+
Tradable markets
24
Traders all specializing by asset class and instrument
18.5
Trading specialist average years of experience
Source: Russell Investments. Data as of 31 December 2023 unless otherwise noted.
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