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Down but upbeat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... 'Australia Day'! The holiday saved us, Australians all, from being whipsawed by the big swings in oil prices and on Wall Street. But there's even greater reason to remain optimistic - if not rejoice - for even before we downed our tools and shut down ...

AustralianSuper makes major play for King's Cross

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
AustralianSuper has placed a vote of confidence in the UK's King's Cross development, increasing its stake from 25% to 67.5% in less than 12 months. The UK government announced on Friday it had sold its 36.5% portion of the project to Australia's largest ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... that, "we have the power, the willingness and the determination to act". The BOJ might not be too far behind. The Wall Street Journal quoted an aide of PM Abe saying that, "Conditions for additional easing have fallen into place". China's doing its bit ...

ETFs saw record growth in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... funds, which only saw 6.6% of growth from net inflows. The top inflow performers in 2015 were iShares, Vanguard, State Street and BetaShares, representing 85% of the sector's growth. Globally, the report added, the ETF industry now represents more than ...

Equity benchmarks too risky amid volatility: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
State Street Global Advisors has urged investors to ignore benchmark weights in favour of a truly active approach amid recent and likely on-going market volatility. In the company's active Australian equities Annual Review and Outlook 2015/2016, SSGA's ...

ETFs benefit from market volatility: SSGA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) says exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are one of the largest beneficiaries of global market volatility as investors look to dodge high levels of uncertainty. SSGA Australia head of SPDR ETFs Amanda Skelly said while dramatic ...

Time running out to book places for Chief Economists Forum

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... on the year ahead. The audience will hear forecasts from Kevin Anderson, head of investments for Asia Pacific at State Street Global Advisers (SSGA), as well as Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur, Australian Industry Group chief ...

Younger clients best-served by robo-advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... ETF suite is selected based on "liquidity and volatility" criteria. The company exclusively uses ETF products from State Street, BlackRock, BetaShares and Vanguard; actual asset allocation is "outsourced to Lonsec." Fordree added that generally "self-service" ...

SSGA cuts fees on SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ETF

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), has cut the fee on its SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund from 0.286% per annum to 0.19% per annum. The fund, which has the ASX ticker code STW, was the first ETF listed in Australia. With $3.1 billion in assets under management ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... warrant keeping the target federal funds rate below levels the Committee views as normal in the longer run". As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) puts it, "In December 2016, for example, the Fed projects a 1.375% fed-funds rate. Futures markets put it at ...