State Street

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  State Street Releases Dividend ETF Guide

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 18, 2012

  The guide compares dividend ETFs from large, established companies including SPDR ETFs, iShares, PowerShares, Vanguard and WisdomTree.

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  ETFs Up 7% in 2012, Exceeding $1 Trillion, State Street Says

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  June 29, 2012

  As of May 31, the U.S. ETF industry has more than $1.1 trillion in assets under management comprising 1,251 funds, for asset growth of 7.1% since year-end 2011, SSgA reported.

• Junk Bond Fund Debuts

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  April 25, 2012

  State Street Global Advisors introduced the SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term High Yield Bond ETF (SJNK), which owns lower rated corporate debt with durations of less than five years.

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  Investor Confidence Way Up, but Not Equity Allocation

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 28, 2012

  Strong gains in the U.S. equity markets, lower unemployment and encouraging news from the European debt crisis all contributed to a dramatic increase in economic optimism among high-net-worth and mass-affluent investors, according to Phoenix Marketing International.

• New Hire Roundup: BondDesk Welcomes Swartz; Kosharek Rises at Raymond James

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 28, 2012

  This week in new hires, Donald Swartz went to BondDesk; Jamie Kosharek advanced at Raymond James; and Pinnacle made Michael Kitces a partner.

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  State Street Rolls Out Emerging Market, All World ETFs

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  March 1, 2012

  The two new products, the SPDR MSCI EM 50 and SPDR MSCI ACWI IMI ETFs, give investors more choices in their global-investing universe

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  401(k)s to Overtake Pensions as Primary Retirement Vehicle in 2012

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2012

  For the first time, in 2012, more people will be saving for retirement in 401(k)-type plans than in traditional pensions, and that means employees need better guidance from plan sponsors, State Street Global Advisors reported in late January.

• Targeting Asian Small Caps

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  February 24, 2012

  State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) launched the SPDR S&P Small Cap Emerging Asia Pacific ETF (GMFS), which is the first emerging Asia Pacific ETF to target small cap stocks in the region.

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  IGSignals Launches Risk Management Tool for Mutual Fund Investing

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 7, 2012

  IGSignals is designed to help mutual fund investors actively manage risk rather than stick with their traditional buy-and-hold strategies, says Investment Guidance Solutions CEO Phil Lussier.

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  Advisor Confidence Moving in Positive Direction

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  January 31, 2012

  This slight shift is similar to that of Spectrem Group’s affluent-investor survey and the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index