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CFS GAM names new chief

A senior figure at State Street Global Advisors, Mark Lazberger, takes on the chief executive officer post at Colonial First State Global Asset Management in September. The Commonwealth Bank has appointed Lazberger to the helm, effective 1 September ...

SSgA exchange traded funds rise 33pct

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) is officially a billion-dollar industry for the local arm of State Street Global Advisors after the investment manager reported its "Spider" ETFs rose 33.1 per cent to reach $1 billion over the 12 months to May. It took ...

SSgA appoints ex-Old Mutual exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
State Street Corporation has 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 ...

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 ...

Future Fund to become top insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Future Fund has signed up Vanguard, State Street, CFS GAM and QIC as its debut investment managers, but there's more to come as the fund strives to become the country's "leading institutional investor". Speaking at the 2008 Asset Allocation Summit ...

SSgA launches Global Total Equity Returns in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
Harnessing investor appetite for products focusing on risk management, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is launching their Global Equity Total Return product into the Australian market. Arlene Rockefeller, CFA and senior managing director of global ...

The long and the short of JANA

Lonsec has upgraded its "investment grade" rating on JANA's long/short funds to "recommended" due to the group's well-resourced and highly experienced research team led by long-time JANA executive John Coombe and new head of Australian equities Aidan ...

More money on money

The continuing globalisation of investments is driving more pension funds to adopt savvier currency strategies, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). SSgA has enjoyed a more than doubling of its currency assets globally to $115 billion (US$100 ...

Alpha-beta separation boosts indexing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
The rise of alpha-beta separation and fee-for-service advice is driving new inflows into index funds, according to Susan Darroch, head of structured products at State Street Global Advisors. While recent market returns have done little to harm index ...