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More money on money

... continuing globalisation of investments is driving more pension funds to adopt savvier currency strategies, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). SSgA has enjoyed a more than doubling of its currency assets globally to $115 billion (US$100 ...

Alpha-beta separation boosts indexing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... fee-for-service advice is driving new inflows into index funds, according to Susan Darroch, head of structured products at State Street Global Advisors. While recent market returns have done little to harm index funds' reputations, Darroch said the desire ...

State Street's 130/30 funds gain $10bn Edge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) today announced their innovative 130/30 Edge funds had broken through the US$10 billion mark in assets under management. The world's first 130/30 product, first launched in December 2004 in Sydney, Australian Alpha ...

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 ...

New look diversified funds recommended: Lonsec

... managers last month, Challenger Managed Investments and Schroder Investment Management Australia, and passive manager State Street Global Advisers Australia. Aberdeen Asset Management was chosen to manage the Australian fixed income and cash funds. "The ...

Investors extending their investment edge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... long and short 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 ...

Zurich adds new Aussie managers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... revised its 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 ...

MLC switches $65b custody contract to NCS

After more than two decades of partnership with State Street, MLC has switched its $65 billion custody and administration services contract for the MLC MasterKey platform to National Custodian Services (NCS). "With a custody services provider located ...

Ex-State Street sales head joins Citi

Citi has appointed a former State Street head of sales as its new vice president of sales, Citi Prime Finance. Trevor Harrison joined Citi last week and is reporting to John Gregory, director of Citi's Prime Finance business. Prior to joining City ...

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 ...