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Samantha Steele
Director, Investment Research, Private Markets
Samantha Steele is a senior research analyst at Russell Investments, heading up private market research in EMEA and portfolio manager for some of its global impact and real estate separate accounts.
 
She is a voting member of the Russell Investments Alternatives Subcommittee and serves on numerous Limited Partner Advisory Committees for fund managers. She relocated to London in 2015. Previously Samantha joined Russell Investments Sydney office in April 2010 covering private market investments in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, where she gained significant experience investing in Asia-Pacific and working with Asian and Australian investors on implementing bespoke mandates.

Articles by this author:

  • Impact investing: How a fund of funds approach can help address challenges in private markets

    Minimising the negative societal consequences of an investment is no longer just a ‘Nice to have’. Investors today are increasingly prioritising positive and measurable environmental, governance or social outcomes alongside financial gains, says Russell Investments’ Samantha Steele.

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  • How to embed responsible investing in private markets

    Private markets can help to future proof your portfolio through responsible investing. Samantha Steele, director of private markets at Russell Investments, dives into the main trends and challenges that investors should consider.

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  • Accessing emerging transition opportunities in private markets

    In the midst of a coronavirus pandemic, investors have been exposed to the reality that the global economy can be brought to a halt by a large-scale unpredicted event. A comparison can be drawn with climate change, now widely recognised as a large systemic risk that will affect the global economy, and one which may affect investment portfolios in ways we can’t yet fully imagine or predict.

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  • Is Impact the new black?

    Impact investing is an investment strategy which has grown dramatically since its infancy. Its objective is to make a positive difference and target progress on environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Whilst still in the initial stages of development, impact investing continues to grow and mature. 

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