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About Us
Who We Are
At State Street Global Advisors our mission is to invest responsibly to enable economic prosperity and social progress.
As the asset management arm of State Street Corporation, we are the creator of the world’s first ETFs and an indexing pioneer. Over the past 40 years we have built a universe of active and index strategies across asset classes to help our clients, and those who rely on them, achieve their investment goals.
Meet Our Leadership Team
Our leadership team is backed by more than 500 market cycle-tested investment professionals.
By the Numbers
Trillion in Assets 1
Clients 2
Million DC Participants 3
Countries with Clients 2
Investment Centers 4
Global Trading Capability 5
Learn About Our History
Whether it is pioneering low-cost index investing, creating the first US exchange traded fund (ETF) or being an early leader in active quantitative investing, our clients' investing challenges have been the catalyst of our innovation for over 40 years.
Our Investment Philosophy
State Street works with clients to understand their unique needs and objectives, and applies our disciplined, rigorous, research-based approach to help them meet a wide range of investment goals.
Understanding Multiple Dimensions
Creating successful investment outcomes starts with understanding the multiple dimensions of a client’s long-term objectives and liabilities.
Knowing Markets Aren’t Always Efficient
Due to behavioral biases, informational inefficiencies and limits to arbitrage, markets are not always efficient, leading to opportunities for excess returns.
Focusing on Asset Allocation
The primary driver of long-term returns is asset allocation.
Investors need efficient access to a broad universe of capital market exposure.
Focus should be on underlying risks, not asset class labels.
Achieving Capital- & Risk-Efficient Portfolios
A thoughtful and precise combination of market-, factor-, and idiosyncratic -risk, along with manager skill, are key to achieving capital and risk-efficient portfolios.
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1 This figure is presented as of September 30, 2020 and includes approximately $80.51 billion USD of assets with respect to SPDR products for which State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (SSGA FD) acts solely as the marketing agent. SSGA FD and State Street Global Advisors are affiliated.
2 As of September 30, 2020
3 As of December 31, 2019
4 As of September 30, 2020
5 During regional market hours