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Healthcare investment options limited despite Medibank IPO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Medibank initial public offering (IPO) boosted Australia's healthcare investment offering, but it also highlighted shortfalls in the local market. The offer raised $5.679 billion, making it the second largest float on record in Australia after Telstra ...

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
With the range of ETFs ever increasing, is it time we stopped thinking of them as passive, 'set-and-forget' instruments, and started viewing them instead as a means of actively managing asset allocation? James Fernyhough and Mark Smith report. In Australia ...

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
The Future Fund has reported its 2013-14 results and confirmed that its assets pool has climbed to $104 billion and achieved earnings slightly ahead of the SelectingSuper performance index. Its funds under management (FUM) make it, in effect, Australia's ...

SSgA launches US equity ETF

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched the SPDR S&P 500 ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). SPDR S&P 500 ETF (ASX: SPY) aims to provide investment results corresponding to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500 Index. ...

FUM breaks thru $2tr

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
State Street Global Advisors has cemented its position as Australian biggest investment manager while Altair, Quantum, NovaPort and Naos are the fastest growing. The results are contained in Rainmaker's just released 'Roundup' report that reveals Australia's ...

Movers and shakers

Surprise exit for van Eyk asset consulting team Van Eyk's three person asset consultant team has left the company, the company has confirmed. Head of asset consulting Jonathan Ramsay and asset consultants Fil Andronaco and Jonathan Tolub resigned their ...

Perpetual appoints research head from SSgA

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
Perpetual Investments has appointed a State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) executive as its new head of research and consultant relationships. George Moromalos will work closely with research houses to manage Perpetual Investments' fund ratings. He will ...

PROFILE: State Street Global Advisors CEO Lochiel Crafter

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Lochiel Crafter was appointed head of the State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) business in Australia and Asia Pacific a year ago. Since then, a number of mandates, appointments and new strategies have kept the company and its CEO busy. By Laura Millan. ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we look at the recent regulatory changes that have removed some of the barriers to the Australian corporate bond market and investigate why Australia is still behind its international peers in getting involved ...