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Enhanced index tips over $10bn

State Street Global Advisors' Global Index Plus strategy has attracted more than $10 billion in funds under management, clocking more than a billion each year since launch, as more super funds shift their money from 'vanilla' index portfolios to those ...

Investors extending their investment edge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... positions, following a trend already very strong in the US but now gaining ground in Australia, said State Street Global Advisors. Extension investing, known variously as Active Extension or Edge investing, works by investors shifting their focus away ...

Zurich adds new Aussie managers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... Australian manager line-up, appointing Challenger Managed Investments, Schroder Investment Management, State Street Global Advisors and Aberdeen Asset Management. As part of its Australian equities manager line-up review, Zurich has appointed Challenger ...

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 ...

H3 Global Commodities Fund gets S&P tick

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... Comper said that while the fund's track record was short, the H3 team and processes were well established. "H3 Global Advisors (H3) has developed the quantitative process over many years, and has implemented it successfully since 1996. The investment ...

Russell adds two to international fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
Russell Investment Group has added two new managers to its International Shares Fund, Altrinsic Global Advisors and Alliance Capital Management, who will each manage 10 per cent of the fund. Altrinsic is a global value manager that focuses on drivers ...

...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 ...