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City Pacific withdraws MFS offer

Diversified financial services group City Pacific has backed out of a proposed merger with MFS shortly after MFS announced the demerger of its two businesses. City Pacific said in ASX statement this morning that the group informed MFS chief Michael ...

MFS to split investment and leisure arms

Listed financial services and leisure group MFS Limited has announced it intends to separate its funds management and leisure business Stella into two ASX-listed companies subject to shareholder approval. The group said in an ASX statement that it expected ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... factory activity and after Merrill Lynch reported a quarterly loss of nearly $US10 billion. Back home, shares in funds manager MFS Ltd took a hammering, falling over 60 per cent today, after the funds manager said it would split its financial services ...

MFS director waves goodbye

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Investors of property and tourism investment company MFS may be nervously waiting the decision on City Pacific's $830 million offer for the firm's funds management business, but one of the firm's non-executive director, Michael Hiscock, won't be staying ...

City Pacific to buy MFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
Financial services provider, City Pacific has placed a $1.33 billion offer for funds management and advisory provider, MFS Limited. The offer includes the issue of 225 million new shares to MFS shareholders, assuming each share City Pacific receives ...

Russell rejigs international funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... ClariVest replaces Jacobs Levy and Altrinsic, managing 15 per cent of the Russell international shares fund together with ICAP, MFS, Bernstein, Alliance, Turner and the group's global opportunities fund. Phil Hoffman, portfolio manager at Russell, said ...

Pioneer appoints head of sales

European investment giant Pioneer Investments has appointed former MFS International senior exec Stephen Teoh to head of sales and distribution for Australia. Teoh will be based in Singapore and will report jointly to Angus Stening, chief executive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... report. Country Road, Allco Finance Group, Toll Holdings, Consolidated Minerals, PaperLinx, GWA International, Adtrans Group, MFS Diversified Group and Unwired Group all hold annual general meetings. Macquarie Bank shareholders vote on a restructure ...

MFS bumper year after restructure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
It has been a busy year for property investor and developer MFS Group which announced a net profit of $13.4 million for the year to 30 June 2007, beating its May 2007 earnings per security (EPS) forecast by 124 per cent. Excluding Fair Value Adjustments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... Skills Group Ltd and GWA International Ltd. Also releasing full year results will be Pacific Brands, Allco Finance Group Ltd, MFS Ltd, ITG Inc, Virgin Blue Holdings, Seven Network Ltd and Mirvac Group. Oil Search Ltd will release interim results. The ...