State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, has launched its new investment product, Global Alpha Edge. It uses the 130/30 investment methodology that is also UCITS III-compliant. It represents the initial fund in a range of investment products that SSgA plans to roll out this year that uses its ‘Edge’, or 130/30, methodology.
“This strategy is very much at the cutting edge of modern day investing,” says Kanesh Lakhani, the managing director of SSgA UK. “Global Alpha Edge offers a disciplined, well-researched and proven approach to achieving high alpha efficiently at moderate levels of risk. This innovative, quantitative approach gives managers greater opportunity to achieve consistent outperformance.”