State Street

BT Pension Scheme; Robeco; INTECH Investment Management; PwC; Mercer; Aon Hewitt; Neuberger Berman Group; Standard Life Investments; State Street Global Services

State Street and F&C Investments have joined forces to offer an environmental, social and governance reporting service for trustees and scheme managers.

UK/US - State Street has teamed up with F&C Investments to provide an environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting service to help investors meet their stewardship goals.

GLOBAL - Investor confidence has dropped 3.3 points to 100.9 in January from 104.2, State Street research shows.

DENMARK - Lærernes Pension, the pension fund for Danish teachers, has hired State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to run a $271m US investment-grade bond portfolio with an environmental, social and governance screen.

IRELAND/US - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has completed its acquisition of Bank of Ireland Asset Management (BIAM) for approximately €57m ($79m) including net assets of an estimated €14m.

AUSTRALIA - The A$18bn ($17.8bn) REST Industry Superannuation fund has hired State Street Corporation to provide custodial services.

UK - Trustees of defined benefit schemes saw an average return of 13% on investments last year due to strong equity performance, according to research.

Trustees of defined benefit schemes saw an average return of 13% on investments last year due to strong equity performance, according to research.

GLOBAL - Investor confidence declined by 10.8 points in Europe during December amid growing concerns around sovereign debt and the euro, research by State Street reveals.