Adam Babson

Adam Babson is a portfolio manager on the global infrastructure and real estate securities team, based in Seattle. Adam is responsible for managing Russell’s multi-manager global listed infrastructure strategies, including funds for US retail, US institutional, and Australian investors. In addition, Adam helps to evaluate global listed infrastructure managers, with the aim of identifying managers likely to generate returns in excess of relevant benchmarks and peer groups. Adam is the subject matter expert for listed infrastructure, responsible for doing internal and external presentations on the asset class, providing advice to consulting clients, and assembling periodic capital markets research and white papers. In 2008, Adam initiated Russell’s formal research in the listed infrastructure space, Once Russell’s ranked universe had reached critical mass, Adam did portfolio analysis to support construction of a multi-manager model portfolio, which enabled the successful launch of infrastructure funds in Australia and the US. From 2006 until 2008, Adam was an analyst on Russell’s real estate team, covering US and global listed property strategies as well as core open-end private real estate funds. Adam was also responsible for assembling and presenting the quarterly real estate property and capital market review to the team. Upon joining Russell in 2005, Adam completed a graduate training program featuring rotations with several asset class teams in Russell's investment management and research group. Adam interned with Russell in summer, 2004, authoring a white paper on timberland investment. He has completed B.A., Economics and English (honors) in Williams College, 2005.