State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), says that challenges posed by turbulent financial markets over the past few years have caused many of the world's leading sovereign funds to reassess their investment strategies and risk management. The findings, published in a new paper issued by State Street Global Advisors entitled Current Issues in Official Sector Asset Management, reveal that as a result, some of the funds are making significant changes, including a growing shift from active investment management strategies to passive ones and an increasing focus on the emerging-market debt as yields on traditional asset classes have fallen. Greater focus is being placed on the possibility of accessing different...
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