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SSGA expands active managed funds business

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
More than four years and $500 million in assets later, the active managed funds business of State Street Global Advisors Australia is gearing up for the next chapter of its growth. The world of active equities is tough business. There are many competitors ...

Zurich hire grows retail risk business

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... the life insurer reshapes its overall proposition. Stepping in to the role is Peter Mitchell, who joins Zurich from State Street where he was managing director and head of relationship management. Mitchell also sat on State Street's Australian and Asian ...

SPDR fund awarded highest Lonsec rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
State Street Global Advisors' SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund (STW) has been awarded a "Highly Recommended (Index)" rating from Lonsec. STW is Australia's largest exchange traded fund (ETF) with $2.8 billion AUM and is used by retail and institutional investors ...

SSGA restructure sees distribution head depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
State Street Global Advisors' head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand has departed following a management restructure. Peter Mitchell joined SSGA in 2011 and was responsible for institutional and retail investment solutions, covering ETFs ...

SSGA Aussie equity fund added to Asgard platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
A State Street Global Advisors Australian equity fund has been added to the Asgard eWRAP platform. The benchmark-unaware Australian equity fund is managed by SSGA's active quantitative equity team, and has achieved a total 10.69% return over five years ...

Core holdings will be lacklustre in 2016: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
The core of every investor's portfolio is going to be lacklustre in 2016, said State Street Global Advisers head of investments Kevin Anderson at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney. The markets expert said investors need to make ...

Equity benchmarks too risky amid volatility: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
State Street Global Advisors has urged investors to ignore benchmark weights in favour of a truly active approach amid recent and likely on-going market volatility. In the company's active Australian equities Annual Review and Outlook 2015/2016, SSGA's ...

Macquarie and CBA in global top 100

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... trillion in assets, BlackRock is comfortably the largest manager globally, ahead of Vanguard with US$3.15 trillion. With State Street completing the top three, passive investment specialise dominate the list. In 2014 assets managed by the leading passive ...

ETF flows up despite market underperformance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... market will rebound. Overall, Vanguard had the largest net inflows during August, while the second largest provider, State Street, was in net outflow. BlackRock (iShares) had net inflows of $78 million or 1.1% in August. Its biggest mover from a funds ...

State Street boosts managed fund sales team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has grown its managed fund sales team in Sydney with the appointment of two experienced sales managers. Syvanna Croyden and Amanda Conner will be responsible for in-field sales, reporting to head of managed fund sales ...