Looks like the money was used to buy the following company
So State Street will add the number of employees GE Electric Co asset mgmt to its own.
There for claiming an increase in the number of State Street employees (lol) Goot
- State Street Corp. (STT - Get Report) shares are popping 2.6% to $59.66 on Wednesday after the financial services holding company earlier today announced that it would buy General Electric Co.'s (GE) asset management business for up to $485 million.
The transaction of GE Asset Management is expected to add around $100 billion in assets overseen for institutional clients such as foundations, endowments, retirement plan sponsors and sovereign wealth funds and insurers.
"We believe this will help accelerate our strategic plan to extend our capabilities in key areas for our clients," State Street CEO Jay Hooley stated.