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Super funds urged to rethink 70/30 structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... failing to deliver satisfactory investment outcomes to members in retirement, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). While returns on this sort of fund were almost 15% for the last financial year, over the past five years the figure is considerably ...

SSgA invests $50m in Chinese fund manager partnership

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
Investment manager State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched a joint venture in China with Zhongrong International Trust (ZRT). Based in Beijing, the joint venture will manage local investment funds on behalf of retail, high net worth and institutional ...

State Street wins $780m LGS mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has won a $780 million active Australian equities mandate from Local Government Super (LGS). LGS chief investment officer Craig Turnbull said the mandate reflects a move towards more active risk in the portfolio. ...

SSgA launches hedged international equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched an international equities exchange traded fund (ETF) for Australian investors. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia (Hedged) Fund will be hedged back into Australian dollars and begins trading on 9 July. Since ...

State Street appoints new head of Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed Lochiel Crafter as head of its Australian operations following the departure of senior managing director Robert Goodlad. Crafter was previously SSgA's head of investments for the Asia-Pacific region ...

State Street appoints head of active investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has rejigged its leadership team, bringing it in line with changes in investment strategy. Current CIO head of cash Steve Meier will become CIO of fixed income, currency and cash. This reflects a move to bring all ...

SSgA launches low-risk global equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... managers is just as tough, warns State Street Global Advisers' Lochiel Crafter. The head of investments for the Asia Pacific at SSgA says that investors are often disappointed by the returns generated by their active portfolio because the majority of ...

SSgA launches global equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has announced the launch of two new exchange traded funds (ETFs), giving Aussie investors cheap access to international equities. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia ETF will begin trading on the ASX in the coming weeks ...

Five Aus equities managers share $1bn in new mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... VicSuper, which funded the new mandates by taking money away from passive Australia equities mandates run by BlackRock and the SSgA Australian SAM Sustainability Fund. All the mandates are worth $165 million each, except Vinva's which is worth $330 million ...

Retirees must invest in equities: State Street

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... shouldn't underestimate the value of having growth assets in their portfolio, according to State Street Global Advisers (SSgA). Typically when saving for retirement investors are advisers to gradually step back their exposure to riskier assets as they ...