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FOHF giving way to single manager multi-strategy funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... funds which are more likely to add value. Jane Tisdale, senior managing director of absolute return strategies at State Street Global Advisors, said, "As hedge fund returns have retreated from their peak over the last decade, the double fees funds of ...

UniSuper revises major mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... principle, we prefer to take our risks elsewhere." UniSuper also announced it would be a $255m seed investor with State Street Global Advisors' Global Alpha Plus Fund, a 130/30 long/short global fund. UniSuper is yet to finalise the appointment of a ...

SSgA launches neutral Asian alpha fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched its new SSgA Asia Pacific Equity Market Neutral Fund, aimed at giving institutional investors easy access to pure alpha returns from Asian equity markets. The strategy, designed by SSgA's quantitative ...

PIMCO announces new vice president

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
... has also been chairman of Zurich's Finium Super Master Plan Investment Committee. Dorrian has also held roles with State Street Global Advisors, Rothschild Asset Management and BT Funds Management. Dorrian will be responsible for overseeing new business ...

SSgA raises bar on absolute returns

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) in the US is beefing up its 'absolute return strategies' with a new quant tool and three high profile hirings. Jonathan Chanis, Henri Fouda, and Todor Georgiev from Caxton Associates, Mellon Capital Management and ...

More control over currency: SSgA

Super funds unsure of whether they should hedge or not hedge can get the best of both worlds through State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) newly launched hedging product. Called the Dynamic Strategic Hedging program, SSgA said it offers a 'middle ground' ...

Emerging markets to bounce back after correction

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
... investors' appetite for risk, but economists say it only signals a temporary correction for the sector. According to State Street's global market report, demand for emerging market equities fell sharply while demand for US and European bonds gained some ...

Jana offers long-short trusts to retail space

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
... investments only and will steer clear of the more illiquid assets such as infrastructure and private equity. Jana will use State Street Global Advisors, Perpetual Investments and Acadian Assets Management to manage the Australian share trust and has ...

Alternatives go mainstream

... portfolios and 67 per cent planning to hire private equity managers. The figures came out of a recently conducted State Street survey done in conjunction with Global Absolute Return Congress and covered institutional investors, 20 per cent of whom are ...

State Street celebrates 20 years in Aust with SSgA reaching $60 bn

State Street has just marked 20 years in Australia, while its investment arm, State Street Global Advisers (SSgA), has just passed $60 billion in assets under management for Australian clients. Rob Goodlad, managing director of SSgA in Australia, said ...