23/08/2012
Collective Investment Funds: The Outsourcing Solution for Trust Companies
As trust companies look for new opportunities to expand their product offerings, collective investment funds — including both common and collective trusts — are increasing in popularity. While these funds offer important...
30/07/2012
Data Aggregation: An Important Strategy for Wealth Management Services
By: Michael Tropeano, CFA and Peter Amato For today’s wealth managers, a comprehensive data aggregation strategy is critical to providing clients with a complete picture of their net worth. With the proliferation of ext...
28/06/2012
A New Approach to Multi-manager Fund Construction
By Lochiel Crafter, Head of Investments, Asia Pacific, State Street Global Advisors and Anthony Golowenko, Portfolio Strategist, State Street Global Advisors While traditional multi-manager funds offer value through the...
22/06/2012
Building With ETFs
Over the past 20 years, institutional investors worldwide, from pensions to hedge funds, have upped their investments in exchange traded funds (ETFs). The unique attributes and benefits of ETFs appeal to institutional in...
22/05/2011
A New Landscape
New US regulations are becoming a reality, requiring that hedge funds prepare for an unprecedented level of compliance and reporting demands. George Sullivan, State Street’s head of Alternative Investment Solutions, disc...
18/05/2012
An Unstoppable Trend
The private equity industry’s development over the past decade has presented challenges and opportunities for service providers like private equity fund administrators. Globalisation has been one of the key trends to ...
09/04/2012
Mobile Technology to Provide Opportunities, Challenges to Financial Services Industry
Newer and more powerful mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers continue to proliferate, and people everywhere are finding new ways to incorporate mobile devices into their lives. Today, nearly one-third ...
02/04/2012
The Outsourcing Solution
For mid-size private wealth firms, the ability to compete beyond size is an important part of overcoming their unique profitability challenges. As competitive pressures squeeze revenues, these firms have fewer options fo...
19/03/2012
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Delivering innovative, effective solutions to help our clients reach their business goals is a primary focus for State Street. Working closely with sophisticated clients like you, we’ve gained first-hand knowledge of the...
13/03/2012
Opportunities for RMB-Denominated PE Funds in China Create New Reporting and Administration Challenges for Fund Houses
China’s private equity fund industry is witnessing a vigorous expansion, with capital inflows from Chinese and foreign investors alike. In the first eight months of 2011, private equity (PE) funds raised US$17.7 billion ...