Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

ADVISORY, Oct. 5, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Executives from Russell's Global ETF Business will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to celebrate the launch of the Russell Small Cap Investment Discipline ETFs.

In honor of the occasion, Jim Polisson, CEO of Russell's Global ETF Business, will ring the Opening Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Thursday, October 6th, 2011 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET

Contact:

Mike Gelormino

(212)909-4780

mgelormino@gmail.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jen Knapp

(212) 401-8916

Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx or http://social.nasdaqomx.com.

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.

About the Russell Small Cap Investment Discipline ETFs:

Russell's Small Cap Investment Discipline ETFs are constructed to give focused exposure to the returns of professional small cap equity mangers. The four new ETFs listed today replicate the same investment disciplines as the existing Russell Investment Discipline ETFs. The new suite of ETFs includes:

• Russell Small Cap Aggressive Growth ETF
• Russell Small Cap Consistent Growth ETF
• Russell Small Cap Low P/E ETF
• Russell Small Cap Contrarian ETF

For more information please visit: www.russelletfs.com.

About Russell Investments

Founded in 1936, Russell Investments is a global financial services firm that serves institutional investors, financial advisers and individuals in more than 35 countries. Over the course of its history, Russell's innovations have come to define many of the practices that are standard in the investment world today, and have earned the company a reputation for excellence and leadership. The firm has about $163 billion in assets under management, as of June 31, 2011. 

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). 

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