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When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... now available to download on FSiTV. Chris Probyn, chief economist at $3 trillion investment giant State Street Global Advisors kickstarted the forum with an unflinching view on Europe. "It's dead in the water," he said, predicting that growth will continue ...

Economists divided over Europe growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... the future of the old continent. "They are dead in the water and they are going to stay that way," State Street Global Advisors chief economist Christopher Probyn said. He added that it is not possible to have monetary union without fiscal union: "When ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... Services Council chief economist James Bond, AXA Investment Management head of Asia Mark Tinker and State Street Global Advisors chief economist Christopher Probyn. Speaking about the fall in value of the Australian dollar, Eslake said that "the RBA ...

Think of China as the new America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... Council chief economist James Bond, Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake and State Street Global Advisors chief economist Christopher Probyn. Global growth was the economists' main point of focus during the debate. Probyn predicted ...

Support for FICAP RockStar event swells

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... Magellan, Man Investments, MLC, nabInvest, Partners Group, RARE Infrastructure, Robeco, Spire Capital and State Street Global Advisors. Access to the event is open only to sponsors and their VIP guests.

SSgA appoints sales executive

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed Chris Artis as its new vice president of sales and distribution for institutional sales. Based in Melbourne, Artis has nearly 30 years' experience in superannuation via senior roles at Telstra Super ...

Australian ETF Industry achieves $15bn milestone

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2015
... despite ongoing fears about the stability of the Eurozone and the success of "Abenomics". According to State Street Global Advisors' Amanda Skelly, this pattern will likely continue in 2015. "Materials and energy make up a large percentage of our market ...

Healthcare investment options limited despite Medibank IPO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... investors have been re-assessing the return opportunities available within the healthcare sector," State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) Australia head of SPDR ETFs Amanda Skelly said. She highlighted the listing of both Medibank Private and healthcare ...

SSgA warns of equity market complacency

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The head of State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) top performing Australian equity team has warned investors against complacency as the fund manager's flagship Active Australian Equities Fund celebrates its fifth anniversary. SSgA Asia-Pacific head of ...

FEATURE: Is it time to change the conversation about ETFs?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... in August 2001, the sector has grown beyond recognition. Those first two ETFs - both provided by State Street Global Advisors' SPDR - offered exposure to the ASX 200 and the ASX 50. That's about as vanilla as you get in Australia. Fast forward 13 years ...