Russell Investments 13F-HR Quarterly holdings report by institutional manager

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE

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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 06-30-2018

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This Amendment (Check only one.):	is a restatement.
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name:	Russell Investments Group, Ltd.
Address:	1301 Second Avenue
	18th Floor
	Seattle, WA  98101
Form 13F File Number:	028-17598

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name:	Mark E. Swanson
Title:	Global Head of Fund Services
Phone:	206-505-2086
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Mark E. Swanson		Seattle,  WA	08-08-2018
[Signature]		[City, State]	[Date]

Report Type (Check only one.):
X	13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
	13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
	13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

Form 13F Summary Page
	Report Summary:
	Number of Other Included Managers:	76
	Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:	11,533
	Form 13F Information Table Value Total:	47,926,434
		(thousands)

List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.]
	No.	Form 13F File Number	Name
	1	28-05990	Acadian Asset Management Inc
	2	28-05049	Advent Capital Management, LLC
	3	28-05508	AJO, LP
	4	28-16348	Alken Asset Management LLP
	5	28-10562	AllianceBernstein L.P.
	6	28-13214	Ancora Advisors LLC
	7	28-10005	Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
	8	28-06437	Atlantic Investment Management, Inc.
	9	28-05615	Axiom International Investors LLC
	10	28-04825	Baillie Gifford & Co
	11	28-01006	Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC
	12	28-15566	BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited
	13	28-10210	BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.
	14	28-12524	BlueBay Asset Management Limited
	15	28-02204	Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC
	16	28-07760	Cardinal Capital Management, L.L.C.
	17	28-18745	Ceredex Value Advisors LLC
	18	28-12126	ClariVest Asset Management LLC
	19	28-02405	Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc.
	20	28-11563	Coho Partners, Ltd.
	21	28-14423	Colonial First State
	22	28-14668	Copeland Capital Management, LLC
	23	28-05268	DePrince, Race & Zollo, Inc.
	24	28-04207	Driehaus Capital Management LLC
	25	28-15834	Elk Creek Partners, LLC
	26	28-10492	Falcon Point Capital, LLC
	27	28-14036	Fiera Capital Corporation
	28	28-11858	Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc.
	29	28-10957	Genesis Asset Managers, LLP
	30	28-17876	GQG Partners, LLC
	31	28-04434	Harding Loevner LP
	32	28-02013	Harris Associates L.P.
	33	28-04321	Heitman Real Estate Securities, LLC
	34	28-10437	Hermes Investment Management Limited
	35	28-13328	HS Management Partners, LLC
	36	28-13410	Impax Asset Management Ltd
	37	28-04211	INTECH Investment Management LLC
	38	28-12634	Investec Asset Management Limited
	39	28-16230	Jackson Square Partners, LLC
	40	28-03059	Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.
	41	28-18251	Janus Capital International Limited
	42	28-14858	Keywise Capital Management (HK) Limited
	43	28-15794	Kopernik Global Investors LLC
	44	28-12154	Levin Capital Strategies, L.P.
	45	28-17488	Maple-Brown Abbott Limited
	46	28-13243	Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC
	47	28-03719	McKinley Capital Management, LLC
	48	28-13173	MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.
	49	28-11866	Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
	50	28-11946	Numeric Investors LLC
	51	28-14498	Nuveen Asset Management, LLC
	52	28-05050	Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
	53	28-10234	OFI Global Institutional, Inc
	54	28-04383	Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa) Pty. Lt
	55	28-10952	Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
	56	28-11296	PENN Capital Management Company, Inc.
	57	28-10527	Perkins Investment Mgmt LLC
	58	28-11073	Polaris Capital Management, LLC
	59	28-18343	Polunin Capital Partners Limited
	60	28-03791	Pzena Investment Management, LLC
	61	28-15708	QV Investors Inc.
	62	28-15568	RiverPark Advisors, LLC
	63	28-12635	Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.
	64	28-04760	RREEF America L.L.C.
	65	28-01096	Russell Investments Trust Company
	66	28-14481	RWC Asset Management
	67	28-14100	Sanders Capital, LLC
	68	28-16279	Somerset Capital Management LLP
	69	28-03426	Suffolk Capital Management, LLC
	70	28-11507	Summit Creek Advisors LLC
	71	28-11076	Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP
	72	28-06683	TCW Asset Management Company
	73	28-14622	Timpani Capital Management LLC
	74	28-04557	Wellington Management Company, LLP
	75	28-06426	Westwood Management Corporation
	76	28-17022	William Blair Investment Management LLC