State Street Corporation

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State Street Corporation
Type Public (NYSE: STT)
Founded 1792
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts
Key people Ronald Logue, CEO & Chairman
Edward Resch, CFO & Exec. VP
Industry Investment servicing, investment management, investment research & trading
Products Financial Services
Revenue US$ 11.818 billion (2008)[1]
Net income US$ 1.26 billion (2008)
Total assets US$ 142.5 billion (2008)
Employees 28,700 (2008)[1]
Website www.statestreet.com

State Street Corporation, or just simply State Street (NYSESTT) is a U.S. based financial services holding company. State Street was founded in 1792, and is headquartered in the Financial District area of Boston at One Lincoln Street. State Street has offices in major financial centers such as London, Edinburgh, Boston,New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Zürich, Munich, Cologne, Vienna, Grand Cayman, Paris, Amsterdam, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, Sydney, Dubai, Dublin, Luxembourg, Krakow, Milan, Montreal, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, and Toronto.

State Street focuses its services on institutional investors and investment management. Its customers include mutual fund, collective investment funds, corporate and public pension funds, companies and non-profit organizations.

The company employs 28,700 staff around the world. [2] The bank claims assets under custody of US$12 trillion and assets under management of US$1.4 trillion as of December 31, 2008. [3]

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[edit] History

In 2002, State Street purchased Deutsche Bank's securities services division for $1.5 billion. This deal made State Street the largest security services firm, surpassing JP Morgan Chase and The Bank of New York. [4]

On February 5, 2007, State Street announced the US$4.5 billion acquisition of Investors Bank & Trust. The deal closed on July 2nd, 2007 and created the world's second largest custodian with approximately $US14.1 trillion of assets under custody. [5]

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[edit] The State Street Pavilion Club

In 2006, State Street bought the naming rights to various Boston Red Sox events, including the 3rd level behind homeplate called The State Street Pavilion. [6] The Pavilion is a private club style eating area that has its own separate entrance from Yawkey Way.[7]

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State Street Bank v. Signature Financial Group is the landmark case in which the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled (July 23, 1998) that a computer algorithm can be patented to the extent that it produces "a useful, concrete and tangible result".

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