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The next generation of adviser and client

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... the global advice industry to adopt a more inclusive approach to solving the issue of gender inequality. This follows an SSGA study of the US advice landscape conducted in conjunction with InvestmentNews Research which found 15.7% of the nations' 310,504 ...

SSGA dismisses ETF bubble concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
State Street Global Advisors US head of capital markets David LaValle believes the concerns regarding ETFs causing valuation distortions in equity markets are founded in some fundamental misunderstandings about these investment vehicles. Speaking as ...

SSGA sales head lands top job, successor named

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... across the Americas servicing corporates, endowments and foundations. The appointment comes after her five-year stint at SSGA in Australia where she led the asset manager's foray into active retail distribution in the country. From standing start in ...

State Street global chief to retire

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... will take over as president and chief executive of State Street Global Advisors, replacing O'Hanley. Taraporevala joined SSGA in 2016 from Fidelity.

SSGA hires head of SPDR ETFs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... financial services industry, including senior leadership roles in asset management and Australian distribution. She joins SSGA from BT Financial Group where she was national partnership manager. Previously she held roles in sales management, strategy ...

SSGA fund divests tobacco and weapons

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... than most active funds. It has outperformed the benchmark in 13 of the past 16 calendar years at a management fee of 0.3%. SSGA head of portfolio strategists for Asia Pacific, Jonathan Shead said that removing these companies from the fund won't affect ...

Riding the retirement tidal wave

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... to get worse," citing the likelihood of 80-year- old divorcees and four-generation households. Speaking alongside Shead, SSGA head of investment solutions group Mark Wills said that allocations in pre-retiree portfolios will need a greater allocation ...

Currency and managing volatility: Financial Standard spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... Advisors, addresses currency as one of the key concerns advisers have when building global equities exposure in model portfolios. SSGA sees currency management as one of the pillars of portfolio construction - but understanding currency movements and ...

SSGA ramps tech exposure post-Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... exposure to US technology companies in its Global Equity Fund, even if said exposure still trails the cap-weighted index. SSGA global active quantitative equities chief investment officer Olivia Engel said the tech companies it's focusing on are generally ...

ESG adoption grows, returns follow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... performance, with 70% of respondents from the region seeing improved returns and 74% using ESG screens to mitigate instability. SSGA head of global ESG business Chris McKnett said there's a collective shift in the institutional investment world causing ...