Update: State Street

State Street Alternative Investment Solutions , a new business unit recently formed by State Street, brings a comprehensive and dedicated focus to meeting the needs of hedge fund and private equity fund managers.

State Street has what you need — the resources, programs and more — to build a personally and professionally fulfilling career.

By also investing in the development of exciting and new technology, our employees are equipped to succeed in offering clients a complete range of investment products and services.

Understanding that cash management is an integral component of our clients’ overall investment strategy, we offer a full range of transaction, information and cash investment services.

Through our subsidiary Princeton Financial Systems, we offer investors the state-of-the-art PAM suite of portfolio management and accounting products — enabling them to focus on their core business and reduce expenditure on IT infrastructure and overhead.

State Street has earned its reputation as a world leader in the financial services industry by successfully meeting and exceeding the changing needs of our clients — some of the most sophisticated investors in the world — for more than 200 years.

Consolidating assets into a single-system environment, we provide our clients with the exact information they need, when they need it.

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We offer fund accounting, fund administration, custody, securities lending, investment operations outsourcing, recordkeeping, performance and analytics and transfer agency services that are highly scalable and truly global.

Global Investor Confidence decreased by 6.8 points to 77.2 from a revised July level of 84.0.

Recognized as an industry leader in providing global custody services, our custodian network spans more than 100 financial markets.

At State Street, we service investments by providing specialized custody, accounting, recordkeeping, administration and reporting to large pools of assets around the world.

We also offer value-added services — including consulting and sophisticated risk analyses — that give clients the time, tools and information they need to realize their ultimate objective: maximizing returns within acceptable risk levels.

State Street Global Advisors , our investment management business, is one of the largest money managers in the world, creating investment strategies and integrated solutions for all asset classes and investment approaches.

We combine proprietary technology and expert fund administration teams located in the world’s leading financial markets to ensure that our clients’ funds comply with the appropriate regulatory, financial and tax reporting requirements.

Whether investors seek to finance a large project or need short-term credit, we offer a broad range of products to meet their liquidity, funding/financing and asset securitization needs.

Today, we hold a leadership position in our four principal capabilities, including investment servicing, investment management, research and analytics, and trading services.

We give our clients a unique window on the world by analyzing proprietary data derived from trillions of dollars of portfolio holdings.

Companies who need turnkey benefit payment services from benefit disbursements to retiree administration select State Street, the established leader in the field.

Read a partial list of recent rankings and accolades recognizing State Street’s excellence.

State Street maintains offices in more than 20 countries covering all major investment centers, and our network spans more than 100 financial markets, facilitating our clients’ investment strategies anywhere in the world.

With our expertise and local knowledge, we help our customers control costs, develop and launch competitive new investment products, and expand globally.

With industry expertise, technological competence and our unwavering focus on the success of our clients, we provide complete solutions through every aspect of the investment cycle.

As the world’s leading investment service provider, State Street provides an array of customized investment solutions to asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds, insurance companies, collective funds, mutual funds and nonprofits.

Join State Street, a global leader in the financial services industry, and be part of an enterprise that is regularly recognized by numerous national publications and organizations for programs and resources that enhance our workplace.

Because safekeeping of assets is at the core of what we do, we hold all of our agent banks and depositories to the highest service and performance standards.

In addition, State Street provides our clients with access to the industry’s most sophisticated platforms and services needed to execute any trade from investment centers around the globe.

PAM automates the entire investment process and delivers full multicurrency capabilities to address the needs of today’s sophisticated investors.