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Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF Overview

Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF (RIFR) is an actively managed Sector Equity Infrastructure exchange-traded fund (ETF). Russell Investment Management Limited launched the ETF in 2025.

The investment seeks to provide long term growth of capital and current income. The fund has a non‑fundamental policy to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes in securities issued by companies that are engaged in the infrastructure business. It principally invests in equity securities, including common stocks, of infrastructure companies economically tied to a number of countries around the world, including the U.S., in a globally diversified manner.

About Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF (RIFR)

There are 2 members of the management team with an average tenure of 1.22 years: Patrick Nikodem (2025) and Ryan Parker (2025). Management tenure is more important for actively managed ETFs than passive index ETFs.

Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF has 69 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 37.7% of the ETF’s assets. The ETF meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The ETF is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the Sector Equity ETF group. Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF has 37.5% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 62.1% There is 37.5% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 0.0% (0.0% domestic bond, 0.0% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF has 0.4% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $44 million in total assets, which is below the $1 billion average for the Infrastructure category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

RIFR Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF expense ratio is average compared to funds in the Infrastructure category. Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF has an expense ratio of 0.59%, which is 10% higher than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a D. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF has a portfolio turnover rate of 0%, which indicates that it holds its assets around /years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 40% for the Infrastructure category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF returned 1.3%, which earned it a grade of A, as the Infrastructure category had an average return of -2.8%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all ETFs in that category.

Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF has a trailing yield of 0.88%, which is below the 2.04% category average. The fund normally distributes its income annually and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

Russell Inv Global Infrastructure ETF Grades

Year to date, the ETF has returned 12.0%, 1.9 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of C. The fund has returned 15.3% over the past year (grade of D).

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