London, 5 November 2009 – State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, today announced the winners of the eighth annual State Street Institutional Press Awards in recognition of outstanding performance in institutional financial reporting.

Launched in 2002, the State Street Institutional Press Awards were a first of its kind in the U.K. This year the awards recognised the contribution of journalists across a wide range of categories including investments, pensions and investor services and technology.  Entries were judged by an independent panel of industry professionals including Malcolm McLean, Chief Executive of The Pensions Advisory Service; Steve Delo, CEO of PAN Governance and Immediate past President of the Pensions Management Institute; James Walsh, Policy Adviser, Workplace Pensions, NAPF and Sally Bridgeland, CEO at BP Pension Trustees.

The 2009 winners are as follows:

Journalist of the Year - Pensions Issues - National

• Sophia Grene, FTfm

Shortlisted

• Ruth Sullivan, FTfm
• William Hutchings, Financial News

Journalist of the Year - Pensions Issues - Trade

• Philip Coggan, The Economist     

Shortlisted

• Anthony Harrington, Financial Director
• Kalpana Fitzpatrick, freelance

Journalist of the Year - Pensions Issues - Online / Wires

• Mark Cobley, Financial News

Shortlisted

• Liz Pfeuti, Financial News
• Raji Menon, Reuters

Journalist of the Year - Investment - National

• John Authers, Financial Times

Shortlisted

• Phil Davis, Freelance
• Jeremy Grant, Financial Times

Journalist of the Year - Investment - Trade

• Martin Steward, IPE

Shortlisted

• Mark Pengelly, Risk
• Loch Adamson, Institutional Investor

Journalist of the Year - Investment - Online / Wires

• Natasha Brereton, Dow Jones

Shortlisted

• Simon Meads, Reuters
• David Walker, Financial News

Journalist of the Year - Investor Services & Technology

• Natasha de Terán, Financial News

Shortlisted

• Nick Fitzpatrick, Funds Europe
• Anthony Harrington, Investor Services Journal

Award for Best Newcomer

• Tom Willetts, Pensions Week

Shortlisted

• Alastair O'Dell, Pensions Insight/Engaged Investor
• Sohko Fujimoto, Creditflux

Most Innovative Media Outlet

• Pensions Insight

Shortlisted

• ETFM
• Opalesque

Outstanding Contribution to Institutional Journalism

• Matthew Craig

The journalists were honoured at a luncheon in London hosted by Stephen Smit, senior vice president, head of Global Markets EMEA and Global Services UKMEA.

“We would like to once again congratulate all the shortlisted journalists and awards recipients,” said Smit. “We had a record number of entries this year and the standard was, once again, extremely high, which clearly reflects the high levels of accuracy, insight and newsworthiness within the institutional media.”

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is one of the world's leading providers of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $17.9 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $1.7 trillion in assets under management at September 30, 2009, State Street operates in 27 countries and more than 100 geographic markets worldwide.  For more information, visit State Street’s web site at www.statestreet.com