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Advisers must change mindset in face of FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... the government's sweeping reforms aimed at improving confidence in the industry become mandatory, a study by the State Street Centre for Applied Research shows that the majority of consumers still don't believe their adviser acts in their best interest ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... held to account just like financial planners, says The Financial Planning Association's Dante De Gori. Research from State Street published yesterday showed that less than half of Australian's believed advisers acted in the best interest of their clients. ...

Most consumers distrust advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... are acting in their best interest when offering products and services, according to a global investor study by the State Street Centre for Applied Research. The entitled The Influential Investor: How Investor Behaviour is Redefining Performance, is based ...

Christian Super appoints State Street as custodian

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Christian Super has appointed State Street as its custodian, it was announced today. State Street will provide fund accounting, unit pricing, taxation services, investment mandate monitoring and investment analytics. Peter Murphy, chief executive of ...

Investor confidence hits 14 year low

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
State Street's global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) has posted its biggest drop in 14 years. Global investor confidence on the index fell from a revised reading in September of 87.3, to 80.6. The plummet in global confidence stemmed from a steep drop ...

Zenith upgrades State Street ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
Zenith Investment Partners has upgraded its rating of one State Street equity exchange-traded fund (ETF) and reaffirmed three others following its latest analysis. The State Street Global Investors (SSgA) S&P/ASX 200 Fund has been upgraded from 'recommended' ...

State Street profits up 23% on Lehman wind up

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
State Street, one of the world's largest providers of financial services, has announced a 23% rise in third quarter profits despite a slight fall in revenue, bolstered by claims linked to the Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy. The Boston-based bank, which ...

SSgA appoints head of capital markets

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
State Street Global Advisors has appointed Jacqueline Pang as head of capital markets of SPDR ETFs to its Hong Kong office. SPDR ETFs is a family of exchange traded funds that provide investors with the flexibility to select investments that are precisely ...

State Street appointed custodian for ING's Living Super

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
ING DIRECT has appointed State Street Corporation as custodian and investment manager for its new controversial personal superannuation product, Living Super. The appointment follows ING DIRECT's recent launch of the product, which has ruffled some ...

Investor confidence index down: State Street

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
North American and Asian investors dragged down global investor confidence in September, according to State Street's Investor Confidence Index (ICI). The Global ICI fell from August's revised reading of 91 to 86.9. North American investor confidence ...