State Street's CIO Lacaille explains his investment strategy

What are your assets under management
We manage assets worth about $1.7 trillion for 2,763 institutional clients as of September 30, 2009 from 10 investment centres worldwide, including Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. We have 16 locations around the world and employ 456 investment professionals in fact, we are one of the industry's biggest institutional fund managers.

Who are your investors
Our clients are entirely institutional investors, and include pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, central banks and corporate treasuries.

What's your own role
I lead the investment, research and trading process to ensure that it meets the best standard and that implementation runs smoothly. All chief investment managers report directly...