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Russell Strategic Call Overwriting Fund
RUSSELL STRATEGIC CALL OVERWRITING FUND
Investment Objective (Non-Fundamental)
                 The Fund seeks to provide total return with lower volatility than U.S. equity markets.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
                 The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Russell Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the Front-End Sales Charges section and the More About Deferred Sales Charges section beginning on pages 24 and 26, respectively, of the Prospectus, and the Purchase, Exchange and Redemption of Fund Shares section, beginning on page 16 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information. Please see the Expense Notes section of the Fund’s Prospectus for further information regarding expenses of the Fund.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees Russell Strategic Call Overwriting Fund
Class A
Class C
Class E
Class S
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 5.75% none none none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) [1] 1.00% none none none
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends none none none none
[1] The Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) is charged on the lesser of the purchase price of the Shares being redeemed or the net asset value of those Shares at the time of redemption.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses Russell Strategic Call Overwriting Fund
Class A Shares
Class C Shares
Class E Shares
Class S Shares
Advisory Fee [1] 0.80% 0.80% 0.80% 0.80%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees [1] 0.25% 0.75% none none
Other Expenses [1] 0.61% 0.86% 0.86% 0.61%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.66% 2.41% 1.66% 1.41%
Less Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements [1] (0.44%) (0.44%) (0.44%) (0.44%)
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.22% 1.97% 1.22% 0.97%
[1] "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year. Until February 28, 2014, RIMCo has contractually agreed to waive up to the full amount of its 0.80% advisory fee and then to reimburse the Fund for other direct Fund-level expenses, excluding extraordinary expenses, to the extent such direct Fund-level expenses exceed 0.77% of the average daily net assets of the Fund on an annual basis. This waiver and reimbursement may not be terminated during the relevant period except with approval by the Board of Trustees. Direct Fund-level expenses do not include 12b-1 fees, shareholder services fees, transfer agency fees or the expenses of other investment companies in which the Fund invests which are borne indirectly by the Fund.
Example
                 This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

                 The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes your investment has a 5% return each year and that operating expenses remain the same. The calculation of costs for the one year period takes into account the effect of any current contractual fee waivers and/or reimbursements. The calculation of costs for the remaining periods takes such fee waivers and/or reimbursements into account only for the first year of the periods.

                 Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, under these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example Russell Strategic Call Overwriting Fund (USD $)
Class A Shares
Class C Shares
Class E Shares
Class S Shares
1 Year 694 202 126 101
3 Years 1,029 711 482 404
Portfolio Turnover
                 The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. Because the Fund is new and has no Shares outstanding, it does not have a portfolio turnover rate at this time.
Investments, Risks and Performance

Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
                 The Fund invests principally in equity securities economically tied to the U.S., which primarily include common stocks of large and medium capitalization companies. The Fund also writes (sells) index call options and call options on exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that track an equity market index. The combination of buying common stocks and selling call options is known as “call overwriting.” The Fund seeks investment results that exceed the total return of and closely correspond to the volatility of the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index through a combination of returns on equity investments and premiums (cash received) from the sale of index call options. The Fund seeks gains from writing call options and from its equity portfolio and seeks income from dividends on stocks held. The Fund uses multi-factor quantitative models to select stocks (designed to seek to meet or exceed the performance of the S&P 500® Index) and guide its sale of index call options. The Fund may invest in derivatives, including purchasing or selling forwards, futures, options and swaps. The Fund may invest in other investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest in (1) U.S. corporate debt securities, (2) Yankee Bonds (dollar-denominated obligations issued in the U.S. by non-U.S. banks and corporations) and (3) fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or by any U.S. government agency or instrumentality. The Fund usually, but not always, pursues a strategy to be fully invested by exposing its cash to the performance of certain markets by purchasing derivatives, which typically include index futures contracts, options and/or swaps. RIMCo may seek to manage risk in the Fund’s investment portfolio by increasing cash reserves, not being fully invested, buying and selling portfolio securities, or through the use of various instruments, including futures, options, swaps and short-term investments. Please refer to the “Investment Objective and Investment Strategies” section in the Fund’s Prospectus for further information.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
                 An investment in the Fund, like any investment, has risks. The value of the Fund fluctuates and you could lose money. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are those associated with:
  • Active Management. Despite strategies designed to achieve the Fund’s investment objective, the value of investments will change with market conditions, and so will the value of any investment in the Fund and you could lose money. The securities selected for the portfolio may not perform as RIMCo expects. Additionally, securities selected may cause the Fund to underperform relative to other funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. There is no guarantee that RIMCo will effectively assess the Fund’s portfolio risk and it is possible that its judgments regarding a Fund’s risk profile may prove incorrect which could lead to underperformance or which could result in ineffective adjustments to the Fund’s portfolio characteristics.
  • Equity Securities. The value of equity securities will rise and fall in response to the activities of the company that issued them, general market conditions and/or economic conditions. Stocks selected using a quantitative analysis can perform differently from the market as a whole. Investments in medium capitalization companies may involve greater risks because these companies generally have narrower markets, more limited managerial and financial resources and a less diversified product offering than larger, more established companies. Some medium capitalization stocks may also be thinly traded, and thus, difficult to buy and sell in the market.
  • Derivatives. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks such as liquidity risk, market risk, credit risk, default risk, counterparty risk (the risk that the other party in an agreement will fail to perform its obligations) and management risk. They also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate exactly with the change in the value of the underlying asset, rate or index.
  • Tracking Error Risk. While the Fund’s equity portfolio seeks to meet or exceed the performance of the S&P 500® Index, its returns may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the returns of the S&P 500® Index due to differences in security holdings, operating expenses, transaction costs, cash flows, operational inefficiencies and tax considerations.
  • Equity Portfolio Correlation Risk. The effectiveness of the Fund’s index option writing strategy to reduce volatility associated with U.S. equity securities may be reduced if the Fund’s equity portfolio does not perform as expected.
  • Option Writing Risk. The Fund’s call option writing (selling) strategy may limit its opportunity to gain from an increase in the market value of its equity portfolio and, conversely, may not reduce the extent of Fund losses during market declines. When the Fund has written a call option on an ETF that tracks an index and is trading at a premium to its net asset value, the Fund may lose money on its written call option.
  • Quantitative Model Risk. The Fund uses multi-factor quantitative models to select stocks and guide its sale of index call options. Quantitative models may be flawed and may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives and strategies.
  • Global Financial Markets Risk. Global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected and conditions, including recent volatility and instability, and events, including natural disasters, in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. In addition, governmental and quasi-governmental organizations have taken a number of unprecedented actions designed to support the markets. Such events and conditions may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s securities, result in greater market or liquidity risk or cause difficulty valuing the Fund’s portfolio instruments or achieving the Fund’s objective.
  • Leveraging Risk. Leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of a security.
  • Repurchase Agreements. Repurchase agreements are subject to the risk that the sellers may not be able to pay the agreed-upon repurchase price on the repurchase date.
  • Fixed Income Securities. Prices of fixed income securities generally rise and fall in response to, among other things, interest rate changes. The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income security or other issuer of credit support is unable or unwilling to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. In addition, fixed income securities may be downgraded in credit rating or go into default.
  • U.S. Corporate Debt Securities Risk. Investments in U.S. corporate debt securities are subject to interest rate risk and market risk, and are affected by perceptions of the creditworthiness and business prospects of individual issuers.
  • Government Issued or Guaranteed Securities, U.S. Government Securities. Bonds issued or guaranteed by a government are subject to inflation risk, price depreciation risk and default risk.
  • Yankee Bonds and Yankee CDs. Issuers are not necessarily subject to the same regulatory requirements that apply to U.S. corporations and banks.
  • Counterparty Risk. Counterparty risk is the risk that the other party or parties to an agreement or a participant to a transaction, such as a broker, might default on a contract or fail to perform by failing to pay amounts due or failing to fulfill the obligations of the contract or transaction.
  • Large Redemptions. The Fund may be used as an investment in asset allocation programs and may have a large percentage of its Shares held in such programs. Large redemption activity could result in the Fund incurring additional costs and being forced to sell portfolio securities at a loss to meet redemptions.
  • New Fund Risk. The Fund is a new fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to an economically viable size, in which case the Fund may cease operations. Investors may be required to liquidate or transfer their investments at an inopportune time.
                 Please refer to the “Risks” section in the Fund’s Prospectus for further information.

                 An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Performance
                 Because the Fund is new, performance history and average annual returns for the Fund are not included in this Prospectus. Performance history and average annual returns for the Fund will be included in the Prospectus after the Fund has been in operation for one calendar year.