09/02/2012
Inflation: The Challenge for Latin America Investors
Roberto Rigobon is the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Applied Economics at the Sloan School of Management, MIT, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Shadow Committee fo...
05/01/2012
Currency Markets Today
From record global investment flows to macroeconomic imbalances, rising fiscal deficits and sovereign risk, and galloping currency volatility, today’s institutional investors and asset managers are vitally interested in ...
07/11/2011
Passive Currency Management: Policy Decisions For Optimal Implementation
Investors were once content to focus solely on the attributes of global sectors, stocks or bonds in the belief that fluctuations between the value of their home currencies and the currencies in which these investments we...
07/09/2011
New Measures of Systemic Risk
Systemic risk has emerged as a critical challenge for asset owners and managers around the world. But what exactly is systemic risk? Can it be measured? Can financial professionals deploy an early warning system to ident...
11/08/2011
Turbulence, Systemic Risk, and Dynamic Portfolio Construction
Will Kinlaw, managing director and head of the Portfolio and Risk Management group for State Street Associates, was a presenter at the 16th annual Global Investment Conference, held in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Below is a...
08/08/2011
Securities Lending in Asia: Time to Look Forward
Securities lending has become a much-discussed topic not just among those working inside it, but across the financial industry. While not all of the discussions generated positive headlines, given the turmoil experience...
12/07/2011
Block Trades in High-Frequency Trading Markets
Institutional investors buying and selling equities in large blocks often find it challenging to efficiently trade in markets dominated by electronic trading, particularly high-frequency trading (HFT). Success depends on...
03/06/2011
Break-Even Exchange Rates and Risk Appetite
John Arabadjis is a vice president and the head of indicator research for the Investor Behavior Research team at State Street Associates (SSA). His responsibilities include work on foreign exchange (FX), equities and por...
05/05/2011
State Street Global Markets and PriceStats Form Partnership
Omnipresent across world markets these days is the specter or influence of inflation. An equally common challenge, however is the ability for investors to access inflation data in a timely and accurate way. Individual c...
08/04/2011
What's Next for Sovereign Wealth Funds
In global capital markets, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) stand out for the depth of their asset pools and for their growth potential. In 2009, SWFs collectively represented $3.8 trillion in assets under management. By 20...