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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
Ian Macoun, co-founder of Perennial, said he would be doing it all over again with the launch of a new "house of boutiques", something he argues will be the best solution for boutique managers who struggle in other ownership structures. The new business ...

FOHF giving way to single manager multi-strategy funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
Retreating hedge fund returns are putting hedge fund fees under increased scrutiny, especially the double fees in funds of hedge funds (FOHF), and this is seeing more attention shift to single manager multi-strategy funds which are more likely to add ...

UniSuper revises major mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
UniSuper has announced sweeping changes to its public markets portfolio on the back of a detailed review of major asset classes. Head of public markets, Paul Laband, headed a specialist team responsible for reviewing the key listed asset classes of ...

SSgA launches neutral Asian alpha fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched its new SSgA Asia Pacific Equity Market Neutral Fund, aimed at giving institutional investors easy access to pure alpha returns from Asian equity markets. The strategy, designed by SSgA's quantitative ...

PIMCO announces new vice president

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
PIMCO Australia has announced the appointment of a new senior vice president effective tomorrow. Peter Dorrian steps into the role this Thursday and will also fill the role of head of remarketing for Australia and New Zealand. Dorrian has been with ...

SSgA raises bar on absolute returns

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) in the US is beefing up its 'absolute return strategies' with a new quant tool and three high profile hirings. Jonathan Chanis, Henri Fouda, and Todor Georgiev from Caxton Associates, Mellon Capital Management and ...

More control over currency: SSgA

Super funds unsure of whether they should hedge or not hedge can get the best of both worlds through State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) newly launched hedging product. Called the Dynamic Strategic Hedging program, SSgA said it offers a 'middle ground' ...

Jana offers long-short trusts to retail space

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
Jana Implemented Consulting (Jana), together with MLC, is stepping away from its traditional research and consulting space by launching two new alternative investment trusts aimed at the retail market. The Jana Australian Share Long Short Trust and ...