Exhibit 99.(d)(37) 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO THE

SUB-ADMINISTRATION, RESEARCH AND DUE DILIGENCE, AND COMPLIANCE
SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2 effective February 3, 2026 (“Amendment No. 2”), to the Sub-Administration, Research and Due Diligence, and Compliance Services Agreement dated April 28, 2025 (the “Agreement”) by and among VENERABLE INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “VIA”), VENERABLE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and RUSSELL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Washington limited liability company (the “RIM”) (the “Agreement”).

 

WHEREAS, VIA, the Trust and RIM desire to add newly registered series (the “New Funds”) to the Agreement;

 

NOW THEREFORE, VIA, the Trust, and RIM agree to modify and amend the Agreement as follows:

 

  1. New Funds. Effective March 20, 2026, the following New Funds are hereby added to the Agreement on the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement:

 

Venerable International Equity Fund

Venerable Inflation Focused Fund

 

  2. Duration of Agreement for the New Funds.  Unless otherwise terminated, the Agreement shall continue in effect with respect to a New Fund for two years from the date specified in Section 1 above and thereafter shall automatically continue for successive one-year periods.

 

  3. Schedule 1. Schedule 1 to the Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety by Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

Except as modified and amended hereby, the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 2 as of the date first set forth above.

 

VENERABLE INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

 

By: /s/ Michal Levy  
Name: Michal Levy  
Title: Head of VIA  

 

 

RUSSELL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

By: /s/ Katherine El-Hillow  
Name: Katherine El-Hillow  
Title: Chairman, President & Chief Investment Officer  

 

 

VENERABLE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

 

By: /s/ John Bruggeman  
Name: John Bruggeman  
Title: Assistant Treasurer  

 

 

 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2

to

Schedule 1

 

RIM shall receive a fee from VIA at the following annual rate based upon the applicable Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

Fund Fee
   
Venerable High Yield Fund [   ]%
Venerable Strategic Bond Fund [   ]%
Venerable US Large Cap Strategic Equity Fund [   ]%
Venerable US Small Cap Fund [   ]%
Venerable Bond Index Fund [   ]%
Venerable Intermediate Corporate Bond Index Fund [   ]%
Venerable International Equity Fund [   ]%
Venerable Inflation Focused Fund [   ]%