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AMIST awards Vanguard mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... first time the super fund has invested with an index manager - aside from using index provider State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to provide a quantitative overlay (to manage tracking error) over the fund's investments. Livanas said that the initial ...

Investors flock to listed property ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
The number of State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) listed property exchange traded fund (ETF) units on issue has nearly quadrupled in 18 months. The number SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property Fund ETF units rose from just over five million to a touch under ...

Aon awards mandate to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... as its index fund manager, replacing State Street Global Advisors. According to a statement on the master trust's website, SSgA's securities lending practices involved a level of risk to their index trusts, which was evident in the recent increases in ...

AUSCOAL appoints $140m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... equity management for institutional investors around the world. "LSV is a new appointment replacing an investment in the SSgA wealth weighted index product," said Spadden. The LSV mandated followed a review of AUSCOAL's international equity sector. According ...

US ETF appetite strong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
A State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) report revealed US investor appetite for exchange traded funds (ETFs) is strong despite ETF assets dropping more than five per cent since the start of the year. The 2008 Mid-year Exchange Traded Fund Report revealed ...

CFS GAM names new chief

... Lazberger is currently based in London as president, international and executive vice president of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), where he is currently responsible for SSgA's international investment clients. Previously, he has been based in Japan ...

SSgA exchange traded funds rise 33pct

... 2001) to hit the billion-dollar mark but it seems the current market volatility will accelerate their takeup. According to SSgA, their locally listed SPDR ETFs give investors access to a diversified share portfolio for as little as 29 basis points. ETFs ...

SSgA appoints ex-Old Mutual exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... appointed former Old Mutual US executive, Scott Powers to president and chief executive at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Powers replaces James Phelan, who returns to his role as head of international operations within the firm after acting as ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
State Street Global Advisors has been selected by UK-based Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to manage a $200 million hedge fund replication mandate. The Hedge Fund Beta Replication Strategy replicates the average performance of a group of hedge ...

Diversity wins at State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, is to launch a range of diversified growth strategies using both traditional and alternative asset classes. These strategies will invest across a combination ...