State Street has hired its first Asia head of business development for exchange-traded funds to target fund managers, among others.
iShares takes the most net new money into its Asia-Pacific ex-Japan-listed exchange-traded funds in the first quarter, at the expense of firms such as Polaris and State Street ...
Exchange-traded fund assets in Asia have grown 20% in the past three quarters, to the detriment of mutual funds, says State Street.
Sovereigns and other asset owners in Asia are increasingly short-selling ETFs, say issuers.
Prop desk spin-offs by banks will lead to more complex strategies in the region, says State Street's head of international fund services for Asia-Pacific, Aisling Keane.
Buying shorter-duration bonds and customising benchmarks are two strategies for tackling the debt crises in Europe and the US, says Kevin Anderson of State Street Global Advisors.
Carol Hall joins from Walkers to oversee the regional build-out of alternatives services.
State Street's alternatives unit plans to invest more in Asia-based managers who are closer to local knowledge and can trade in local time zones.
Scott Powers, CEO at State Street Global Advisors, says the firm is looking for acquisitions to give it a retail presence in Asia beyond ETFs.
Investors are allocating equities to ex-US developed markets while reducing risk in fixed income, says Ross McLellan at State Street Global Markets.
The firm is sharpening its focus on South Asia with the appointment of a new sales head for the region, where it sees securities lending on the rise.
The asset manager, part of Germany’s Allianz group, is finalising a global deal to use a third party for services such as fund accounting.
The firm will provide middle-office services to Harvest Global Investments to reduce costs while ensuring data confidentiality.
In the second part of a two-part Q&A, Jay Hooley, Boston-based chief executive of State Street, outlines his concerns about the proposed AIFM directive and why he’s ...
In the first part of a two-part Q&A, Jay Hooley, Boston-based chief executive of State Street, talks about how the US financial reforms might affect his business.
As State Street's ABF Pan-Asia Bond Fund celebrates its fifth anniversary, demand is growing for Asian local-currency bonds, despite rising interest rates.
State Street Global Advisors will no longer use several Ireland-domiciled bond funds for lending securities, heralding an industry shift to a more costly, less lucrative structure.
Both firms report a surge in new outsourcing contracts, particularly in Asia, over the past few months.
The asset manager says its new dynamic strategic hedging programme for Asian currencies should prove timely, as the region's currencies are ultimately expected to rise against ...
Mike Brager, COO at State Street Global Services in Hong Kong, is overseeing a new office in Sydney for collateral management and derivatives processing.