With more than CAD 700 billion in assets under custody and over CAD 40 billion under management in Canada alone, State Street has been providing unrivaled service to the country's financial services community since establishing a presence in Toronto in 1990. Today, with more than 1,000 employees in offices located in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, State Street continues to lead the way in Canada by combining unwavering client focus, in-depth financial expertise and leading-edge technology to offer a wide array of products and services to the local investment community.

State Street's reputation for providing global expertise, technological innovation and superior service is well established. Our clients include an impressive array of Canada's most sophisticated investment organizations, including:

• 8 of the 10 largest pension plans
• 9 of the 10 largest mutual fund complexes
• 8 of the 10 largest investment managers
  

Our team of dedicated and talented professionals, working in Canada's leading financial centres, is committed to helping investors succeed in today's increasingly competitive financial landscape. Because we specialize in serving the unique needs of sophisticated investors, everything we develop — through the entire investment cycle — is created with their specific needs in mind.

With no commercial or retail banking operations to distract us from this primary focus, we are able to direct technology spending to our core institutional services, including custody and accounting, asset management, cash management, performance and analytics, trade execution, information delivery and foreign exchange services.

Combining local knowledge and talent with an international perspective allows us to develop and deliver the products that investors need to streamline processes and more accurately measure performance and associated risk as they seek to achieve their investment objectives.

We have the tools and the knowledge to steer clients through the investment process while helping them make informed, capable business decisions.

No matter how complex our clients' needs, State Street can provide them with integrated, thought-leading solutions to help them succeed in today's changing financial marketplace.