$2.5 trillion benchmarked to Russell U.S. indexes

Assets benchmarked to Russell Investment Group's U.S. stock indexes surpassed $2.5 trillion as of Dec. 31, according to Kelly Haughton, strategic director of Russell Indexes. "We have worked hard to try to develop benchmarks which are appropriate to different categories of managers," Mr. Haughton said in an interview. "Plan sponsors and investment managers have been moving more and more in the direction of trying to pick benchmarks which are appropriate to compare managers against."