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State Street rebrands ETFs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has re-branded its listed streetTRACKS series of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under the new global State Street ETF brand SPDRs. The re-branding is part of a global State Street roll-out that comes on the back of ...

...meanwhile hedge fund sector returns can be synthesised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) said most of the returns for the hedge fund sector can be explained by their asset allocation, meaning it is possible to assemble a synthetic investment strategy to mimic hedge fund sector returns. Paul Brakke, a ...

Asset Super's strategic investment shift

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... international bonds. The winners in the move are AQR Capital, Barclays, First Quadrant, Mellon, Macquarie, State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) and Vanguard who will manage the $124 million shift. "These moves are in line with the fund's desire to seek ...

Manage risks not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
... have to follow market capitalisation weightings. In comments reminiscent of recent announcements by State Street Global Advisors and their new wealth weighted indices, Hsu asked "what is a big company? Companies with the biggest cash flows, biggest dividends ...

Schroders beefs up distribution

... the start of the year. Among the key appointments previously announced were Scott who joined from State Street Global Advisors, Mark Bourgeouis who joined from Merrill Lynch (BlackRock) in October as the new head of institutional sales and Stephen Kwa ...

Irish future fund puts faith in passive investing

... billion ((a,-3 billion) passive equity mandate to Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited (BIAM) and State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). BIAM will provide the asset allocation, sales, marketing and ongoing client service for the fund while SSgA will ...

New global head of currency for SSgA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed a new global head of currency management. Collin Crownover leaves his role as head of the investor risk advisory team with Citigroup New York and London to head up SSgA's currency management group. He ...

SSgA launches global index fund with value bias

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has announced the launch of a new global passive fund that combines some of the core qualities of value investing with the benefits of passive index style investment management. The SSgA Wealth Weighted Global Equities ...

It's Perennial all over again: Macoun

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... will start with a new quantitative boutique fund manager, Plato Investment Management, run by former State Street Global Advisors head of Australian equities and head of active equities Asia Pacific, Don Hamson. Under the deal Macoun together with Wilson ...

FOHF giving way to single manager multi-strategy funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... more likely to add value. Jane Tisdale, senior managing director of absolute return strategies at State Street Global Advisors, said, "As hedge fund returns have retreated from their peak over the last decade, the double fees funds of funds charge for ...