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"Our near-term active strategy will focus on disciplined asset accumulation and, in the long run, acquiring and onboarding cash-flowing fintech businesses onto the Avalanche network. This creates a powerful growth flywheel and sustainable NAV premium that differentiates ourselves from all other digital asset treasury companies and ETFs," said Zhang, former global head of structured trading at Citi. The goal of the Company's capital raising strategy is to own more than $700 million worth of AVAX tokens, maki ...

Core Insights - State Street Corporation reported Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) of $2.17, a slight increase from $2.15 in Q2 2024, with EPS excluding notable items growing 18% to $2.53 [2][28] - Total revenue, excluding notable items, increased by 9% year-over-year, while fee revenue rose by 12% [3][37] - The company achieved positive fee operating leverage for the fourth consecutive quarter and positive total operating leverage for the sixth consecutive quarter, both excluding notable items [3][26] Financial Performance - Expenses rose by 6% year-over-year, with half attributed to higher performance and revenue-related costs, and the remainder due to ongoing investments in technology and infrastructure [4][47] - Notable items recognized totaled $138 million pre-tax, including a $100 million repositioning charge related to severance of approximately 900 employees [5][36] - Assets Under Custody and Administration (AUCA) reached a record $49 trillion, up 11% year-over-year, driven by higher market levels and client flows [5][38] Asset Management - Assets Under Management (AUM) exceeded $5 trillion for the first time, increasing 17% year-over-year, with net inflows of $82 billion [6][39] - The company secured $145 million in new servicing fee revenue wins and reported a backlog of $441 million in to-be-installed servicing fee revenue, the highest on record [6][40] - U.S. ETFs achieved $4.6 trillion in trading volume, leading the industry in equity and commodities, and ranking among the top three in fixed income [7][30] Revenue Streams - Software and processing fees grew by 19% year-over-year, with front office software and data revenue up 27% [8][43] - Net Interest Income (NII) was $729 million, down 1% year-over-year, but up 2% sequentially from Q1 2025 [8][44] - Average deposit balances rose by 7% sequentially, reflecting early-quarter macro uncertainty that subsided through May and June [9][45] Capital Management - The company returned $507 million to shareholders, consisting of $300 million in share repurchases and $217 million in dividends, with an 82% payout ratio [9][49] - A quarterly common stock dividend increase of 11% to $0.84 per share was announced, pending board approval in Q3 2025 [10][33] - Management raised 2025 total fee revenue growth guidance to 5%-7% from 3%-5%, and full-year expense growth guidance to 3%-4% from 2%-3% [10][51] Strategic Initiatives - Over the past three years, the company delivered more than $1 billion in expense savings, with a target of over $1.5 billion by year-end 2025 [11][34] - The Alpha platform adoption continued, with two new mandates totaling $380 billion AUCA added this quarter [12][41] - A strategic partnership with the University of California was announced to pilot a "super app" for wealth democratization [15]