State Street Global Advisors Forms Strategic Relationship With smallcase to Deepen Commitment to India’s Fintech Ecosystem And Enhance Global Market Access For Indian Investors
May 15 2025 - 6:00AM
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Announcement follows SSGA’s investment in smallcase
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management arm of
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) and one of the world's leading
investment managers, announced a strategic relationship with
smallcase, India’s largest model portfolios platform. The
collaboration is part of SSGA’s strategic investment in smallcase
announced recently.
The relationship will offer SSGA a strategic distribution
opportunity for its SPDR ETFs by being featured on smallcase’s
platform technology to broaden access for Indian investors seeking
global investment exposures. SSGA will provide strategic support as
smallcase plans for global expansion and explore ways in which
State Street Corporation’s global wealth services can further that
growth.
"India remains a priority market for SSGA, and we are impressed
by the innovation smallcase brings to the investment ecosystem,"
said Yie-Hsin Hung, CEO of SSGA. "This relationship and
investment aligns with our strategy of collaborating with leading
wealth technology firms to enhance investor ease of access, choice
and experience. Together with smallcase, we are excited to further
the adoption of wealth-tech in India and improve individual
investors’ seamless access to global investment solutions.”
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bangalore, smallcase gives
individual investors access to “smallcases” or model
portfolios—curated portfolios of stocks and ETFs. Designed to make
investing simple and accessible regardless of investor’s experience
or financial knowledge, $16B+ has been transacted in smallcases
since inception.
Speaking on the announcement, Vasanth Kamath, Co-founder and
CEO, smallcase said, “Our new strategic relationship with State
Street Global Advisors marks a significant milestone in our journey
to offer global equities exposure to our users. SSGA’s deep
expertise, strong track record, and global reach make this
collaboration a crucial step in our expansion into the
international wealth marketplace. We are also excited to have SSGA
join as a shareholder in our mission to help more investors design
better financial outcomes.”
SSGA recently participated in smallcase’s $50M Series D funding
round. This marks its first investment in the rapidly growing
Indian asset and wealth management market.
About State Street Global Advisors
For over four decades, State Street Global Advisors has served
the world’s governments, institutions, and financial advisors. With
a rigorous, risk-aware approach built on research, analysis, and
market-tested experience, and as pioneers in index and ETF
investing, we are always inventing new ways to invest. As a result,
we have become the world’s fourth-largest asset manager* with US
$4.67 trillion† under our care.
*Pensions & Investments Research Center, as of 12/31/23.
†This figure is presented as of March 31, 2025 and includes ETF AUM
of $1,553.58 billion USD of which approximately $106.42 billion USD
in gold assets with respect to SPDR products for which State Street
Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (SSGA FD) acts solely as
the marketing agent. SSGA FD and State Street Global Advisors are
affiliated. Please note all AUM is unaudited.
About smallcase
smallcase is a leading provider of investment products and
platforms to the Indian capital markets industry. Launched in 2016,
it operates India’s largest model portfolios platform and has
served over 10 million individual investors across all its
offerings till date. smallcase's technology platforms and solutions
are used by 250+ leading financial institutions and brands across
research firms, advisors, wealth managers and brokerages to offer
diversified exposures to their clientele. In 2023, smallcase
entered the asset management space to develop index funds &
ETFs as India’s only passive-only fund house.
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