

Zach Buchwald
Chairman and CEO of Russell Investments, experienced investment executive with a background at BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, focused on retirement solutions, OCIO, smart beta, and portfolio construction.
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Jan 23, 2026 • 57min
Managing the Shift from Pensions to 401k with Zach Buchwald
Zach Buchwald, Chairman and CEO of Russell Investments and veteran of BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, discusses retirement’s shift from pensions to 401(k)s. He covers smart beta, OCIO strategies, how compounding can be taught with newborn accounts, and pragmatic uses of AI, private markets, and choice architecture to protect individual investors.

Mar 9, 2026 • 45min
Zach Buchwald, Chairman and CEO, Russell Investments
Zach Buchwald, Chairman and CEO of Russell Investments who oversees hundreds of billions and leads its open-architecture portfolio approach. He discusses portfolio construction using best-of-breed managers. He talks about retirement’s shift from pensions to 401(k)s and how defaults, glidepaths and income solutions can help. He also covers OCIO services, manager selection, private markets, and using technology to improve investing.


