About Our Sponsors

State Street Global Advisors

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is a global investment management company, and is ranked as the largest institutional money manager in the world (source: Pensions and Investments survey, 28 May 2007). We have been providing investment management services for nearly three decades, and our diverse client base includes corporate and public sector pension funds, endowment funds, foundations and third party distributors. Strategies are managed across all asset classes including equity, fixed income, currency, real estate and absolute return, as well as across the risk spectrum including indexed, enhanced and active.

Our parent company, State Street Corporation, is a Boston-based bank with a proud heritage of over 200 years of fiduciary service to the financial industry. Through its various divisions, State Street Corporation currently offers global custody, portfolio administration, securities lending, brokerage and asset management services in financial markets in well over 100 different countries.

SSgA in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom SSgA is represented by State Street Global Advisors Limited, a UK‑incorporated company based in London with over 350 experienced professionals responsible for investment management, operations, legal, compliance, client service and marketing activities. We have been operating in the UK since 1990 and now rank as the third largest investment manager in the UK by assets under management (source: IMA Survey, 31 July 2007), with over £170 billion in client assets managed.

From our London office we manage investments directly or with the help of other SSgA offices around the globe for clients from over 35 countries. Our client base is diverse and includes pension funds, insurance companies, central banks, foundations, charities and family offices. We see distribution as a critical part of the value chain for retail investors, and in order to offer quality solutions to retail investors, we believe in partnering with banks, building societies, insurance companies and other advisors to deliver long-term investment value to their clients.

SSgA’s Relationship with The-Pensions-Net-Work

Pension assets have always been of central importance to our business, and SSgA recognise that, in a time of rapid change in the UK pensions arena, we need as a firm to be fully involved in the debate of how best the UK pension industry develops. We are therefore pleased to be associated with The-Pensions-Net-Work as a sponsor, and will continue to add our contribution to this debate where we can through the Network’s meetings and discussions.

Further information

For further information on any of SSgA’s services please contact John Nugée or Richard Owen as below:

John Nugée Managing Director, Official Institutions Group 020 7698 6110 john_nugee@ssga.com	Richard Owen Head of Business Development 020 7698 6254 richard_owen@ssga.com
to visit SSgA’s UK website click HERE	to return to The-Pensions-Net-Work website click HERE