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

FORM 13F COVER PAGE
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OMB Number: 3235-0006
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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09-30-2017
Check here if Amendment    Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.):    is a restatement.
   adds new holdings entries.
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 11-07-2017
[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: 96
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 10,609
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 58,528,937
(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, LLC
2 28-05049 Advent Capital Management, LLC
3 28-05508 AJO, LP
4 28-16348 Alken AM Limited
5 28-16348 Alken Asset Management LLP
6 28-03570 AllianceBernstein L.P.
7 28-13214 Ancora Advisors LLC
8 28-10005 Arrowstreet Capital, L.P.
9 28-10005 Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
10 28-13578 Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
11 28-06437 Atlantic Investment Management, Inc.
12 28-05615 Axiom International Investors LLC
13 28-00060 Barings LLC
14 28-01006 Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC
15 28-10210 BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited
16 28-10210 BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.
17 28-12524 BlueBay Asset Management Limited
18 28-12524 BlueBay Asset Management LLP
19 28-12484 Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.
20 28-02204 Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC
21 28-07760 Cardinal Capital Management, L.L.C.
22 28-11308 Ceredex Value Advisors LLC
23 28-12126 ClariVest Asset Management LLC
24 28-11197 Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc.
25 28-11563 Coho Partners, Ltd
26 28-14423 Colonial First State Asset Management (Australia) Limited
27 28-14423 Colonial First State Asset Management Australia (Limited)
28 28-10449 Columbus Circle Investors
29 28-14668 Copeland Capital Management, LLC
30 28-05267 Delaware Investment Advisers, a Series of Delaware Management Business Trust
31 28-05267 Delaware Investments Fund Advisers, a Series of Delaware Management Business Trust
32 28-05268 DePrince, Race & Zollo, Inc.
33 28-15834 Elk Creek Partners, LLC
34 28-10492 Falcon Point Capital, LLC
35 28-14036 Fiera Capital Corporation
36 28-11858 Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc.
37 28-10957 Genesis Asset Managers, LLP
38 28-10957 Genesis Fund Managers, LLP
39 28-17876 GQG Partners LLC
40 28-04434 Harding Loevner LP
41 28-02013 Harris Associates L.P.
42 28-04321 Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC
43 28-10437 Hermes Investment Management Limited
44 28-13328 HS Management Partners, LLC
45 28-13410 Impax Asset Management Ltd
46 28-04211 INTECH Investment Management LLC
47 28-12634 Investec Asset Management Limited
48 28-16230 Jackson Square Partners, LLC
49 28-03059 Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.
50 28-04211 Janus Capital International Limited
51 28-01343 Janus Capital Management LLC
52 28-14858 Keywise Capital Management (HK) Limited
53 28-15794 Kopernik Global Investors LLC
54 28-06588 Lazard Asset Management LLC
55 28-12154 Levin Capital Strategies, L.P.
56 28-17488 Maple-Brown Abbott Limited
57 28-13243 Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC
58 28-04034 McKinley Capital Management, LLC
59 28-04968 MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.
60 28-04968 MFS International U.K. Limited
61 28-11450 Mondrian Investment Partners Limited
62 28-13623 Morgan Stanley Investment Management (Australia) Pty Limited
63 28-03432 Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
64 28-03432 Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited
65 28-11946 Numeric Investors LLC
66 28-14498 Nuveen Asset Management, LLC
67 28-05050 Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
68 28-10234 OFI Global Institutional, Inc.
69 28-04383 Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa) Pty. Ltd.
70 28-10952 Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
71 28-11296 PENN Capital Management Company, Inc.
72 28-10527 Perkins Investment Management, LLC
73 28-10952 PIMCO Australia Pty Ltd.
74 28-13167 Polar Capital Partners Limited
75 28-11073 Polaris Capital Management, LLC
76 28-03791 Pzena Investment Management, LLC
77 28-15708 QV Investors Inc.
78 28-16203 RiverPark Capital Management LLC
79 28-12484 Robeco Investment Management, Inc.
80 28-04760 RREEF America L.L.C.
81 28-01096 Russell Investments Trust Company
82 28-14100 Sanders Capital, LLC
83 28-16279 Somerset Capital Management LLP
84 28-16279 Somerset Capital Management Singapore Pte. Ltd.
85 28-03426 Suffolk Capital Management, LLC
86 28-11507 Summit Creek Advisors LLC
87 28-11076 Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP
88 28-00115 T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
89 28-02494 TCW Investment Management Company
90 28-14622 Timpani Capital Management LLC
91 28-16903 Wellington Management Canada LLC
92 28-04557 Wellington Management Company LLP
93 28-04557 Wellington Management Company, LLP
94 28-04557 Wellington Management International Limited
95 28-05046 Westwood Management Corporation
96 28-04871 William Blair & Company, LLC