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Future Fund surges to $123 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... management to $140 billion. This makes the Future Fund Management Agency Australia's second largest investment manager; State Street Global Advisors is in first place. The Future Fund acting as a sovereign fund is why it holds only 29% of its assets ...

The changing role of ETF model portfolios

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... underlying asset allocation has never been more important in achieving client goals. According to head of SPDR ETFs at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) Australia, Shaun Parkin, financial advisers are increasingly looking for expertise outside their ...

SSGA expands responsible investment strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
State Street Global Advisors has launched an international equities fund which excludes investment in tobacco and selected armaments. Aimed at institutional investors with increasing interest in ESG investment, the State Street International Equities ...

State Street custody boss departs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
State Street's head of global services, Australia and New Zealand has left the company. Paul Khoury has held multiple positions at State Street since 2001, beginning with head of product services, chief operating officer for Australia, head of asset ...

Former State Street analyst joins Parametric

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
Parametric has appointed a former derivatives analyst from State Street to a newly created role. Susan Bu will step into the new position of analyst, product management to work closely with Parametric's Australian team on business strategy. Bu's responsibilities ...

Asset owners, managers not prepped for blockchain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A survey by State Street has found that while 65% of APAC asset owners and managers expect blockchain technology to be widely adopted in the next five years, only 33% of participants actually have blockchain initiatives underway at present to support ...

State Street partners with blockchain startup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
State Street has teamed up with a blockchain provider in order to offer more transparent, timely and auditable means of reporting. The investment manager has engaged Silicon Valley-based PeerNova to develop a program via its Cuneiform platform aimed ...

Advice clients need greater clarity on fees: survey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... thereby harming their own businesses, according to an industry survey. This is the key finding from a paper released by State Street Global Advisors' SPDR ETF business in a bid to assist advisers in finding strategies to help clients better understand ...

Aussie pension pros most confident about valuations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... confident their respective funds' asset and liability valuations are accurate, according to the latest research from State Street. Interviewing more than 400 pension fund professionals across 20 countries, State Street found increasing life expectancy ...

SMSFs will shape the future of ETFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... growth stories in Australian financial services, and self-managed superannuation funds are going to lead its future. State Street Global Advisors head of portfolio strategists Asia-Pacific Jonathan Shead said ETFs are a product originated by and developed ...