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EQT outsources custody business to State Street

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) has outsourced its custody and administration to State Street a week after The Trust Company refused its buyout offer. EQT's bid to acquire The Trust Company has severely affected its full year results and the company reported ...

State Street wins $780m LGS mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has won a $780 million active Australian equities mandate from Local Government Super (LGS). LGS chief investment officer Craig Turnbull said the mandate reflects a move towards more active risk in the portfolio. ...

State Street exec jumps ship to Citi

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Citi has appointed State Street vice president, portfolio solutions, Sandeep Gurkhi as its new vice president, transition management and pension services. Gurkhi will be responsible for the management of portfolio transitions, derivative overlays, currency ...

Investors need income rethink after RBA rate cut

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... cut means investors should also remain sanguine about fixed income investments in Asia and emerging market debt. State Street Global Advisers head of SPDR ETFs Amanda Skelly agreed that investors should now be looking to further diversify their income ...

SSgA launches low-risk global equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Active management is a tough game and picking active managers is just as tough, warns State Street Global Advisers' Lochiel Crafter. The head of investments for the Asia Pacific at SSgA says that investors are often disappointed by the returns generated ...

SSgA launches global equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has announced the launch of two new exchange traded funds (ETFs), giving Aussie investors cheap access to international equities. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia ETF will begin trading on the ASX in the coming weeks ...

Aust custody and admin sector hits $2 trillion

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... ($296 billion, down 6.6%). Due to operational insourcing and client acquisitions, both Citigroup ($177 billion) and State Street ($171 billion) saw significant growth of their total assets under custody of 40.5% and 56.1%. J.P. Morgan remains the largest ...

Planners praised for guiding investors into fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... volatile in 2013 and that alpha is going to be a major consideration, supporting the need for active managers," he said. State Street Global Advisers' head of active Australian equities Olivia Engel has also warned that the threat of volatility hasn't ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... Germany rose after the European Central Bank (ECB) said a decision to leave its key rate unchanged was not unanimous. Wall Street was marginally higher as investors remained cautious amid talks in Washington to avert spending cuts and higher taxes. At ...

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' ...