Asset Allocation
ETFs Saw $121B in Inflows in July, $677B for Year to Date
Investors piled into equity and fixed-income exchange-traded funds, while dumping small-cap exposure.
Tag: State Street
DOJ, FTC Side Against Largest Asset Managers in ESG-Related Coal Suit
BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard are accused of suppressing prices in the coal market, and the DOJ has weighed in.
Asset Allocation
ETFs See Lowest Inflows in a Year, per State Street
Investors added to gold, inflation-linked exchange-traded funds during a month of volatility.
Asset Allocation
Institutional Investors Show Signs of Caution After Risk-Seeking 2024
Amid market uncertainty, institutional investors have been looking for cover this year, per an IFSWF report.
Manager Selection
UK Pension Replaces State Street With Invesco, Amundi for $35B Mandate
The $40 billion People’s Pension’s moved the vast majority of its assets away from State Street Global Advisors to stay aligned with the fund’s responsible-investment policy.
Republican AGs File Suit Against Asset Managers Alleging Coal Repression Scheme
11 states filed a complaint against BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard for undermining publicly traded coal companies.
Risk
Immigration Critics Overlook the Good It Does, per State Street
The worker influx has led to moderate wage growth and thus held down inflation, according to the firm’s Arone.
Market Moves
Investors’ Confidence in ETFs Continues to Grow, per State Street
The firm’s 2024 ETF Impact Survey found exchange-traded-fund use highest in Japan, lowest in Sweden and the U.S.
Manager Selection
Nest to Replace State Street with Northern Trust as Its Administrator
The UK pension program lauds its new investment firm’s ‘flexibility’ and ‘sophistication.’
Risk
Texas Fund’s BlackRock Pullout Marks Latest Anti-ESG Broadside
A Republican-led backlash, including laws to undermine sustainability efforts in 17 states, may be having some results.
Risk
That ’70s Show: Can Stagflation Return?
Several finance savants, including Jamie Dimon, admonish that high inflation and a punk economy could stage a comeback.
Regulation
Anti-ESG Politics Affects Names More Than Strategies
While campaigns may have succeeded in shifting ESG naming conventions, their impact on actual investing strategies has been far more muted.
Risk
Moody’s Surprises the Market With Bank Downgrades
Post-SVB, most thought all was well with the banking system, but the rating agency sees worrisome weaknesses.
Regulation
Congress Adds Fuel to Anti-ESG Fire
The joint resolution, which President Joe Biden has said he will veto, increases the heat in the U.S. on ESG investing, and asset managers see risks.
Research
Gender Diversity on Company Boards Improves Due to Pressure from Big Three Asset Managers
An NBER study shows the push by Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street has rippled through corporate America.