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‘The markets are like a yo-yo: yesterday a huge rally, today it’s quiet’: State Street Investment Management’s Esther Baroudy on volatility
State Street Investment Management (formerly State Street Global Advisors) has $5.66 trn in AUM (of which $3.59 trn is in equities), making it the fourth largest asset manager globally. It runs active to index strategies across all asset classes and employs over 500 portfolio managers, researchers and strategists, working in 10 investment centers and offices in 30 cities worldwide.
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‘We have radically rethought how to look at sustainability’: Christian Granquist on AP7’s new outlook
Christian Granquist joined AP7, one of Sweden’s national public pension funds – into which some 6 mn Swedes pay – in August 2025. Working alongside Jessica Eskilsson Frank, Granquist is senior portfolio manager, impact investments, climate transition at the globally invested fund that has total assets of around $150 bn. Before joining AP7, Granquist – who has a master’s in economics from Uppsala University – had a 10-year stint at Lancelot and worked at Handelsbanken for 13 years in a number of roles including chief investment strategist and co-head, equities. He talks to IR Impact about how the fund is…
