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New partnerships and sponsorships announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
The financial service industry continues to ramp up its presence in the corporate sponsorship market with Wilson HTM, MFS and Community First Credit Union all recently announcing major community partnerships, donations and sports sponsorships. Wilson ...

Mellon wins $17.5m MFS mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Mellon Global Investments Australia has won a $17.5 million mandate from MFS Investment Management (MFSIM) to manage their Premium Income Fund. Managed by the Australian-domiciled Mellon Global Bond Alpha Trust, the trust actively invests in global ...

Sovereign MF appoints head of fin services

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
Property funds management group Sovereign MF has announced the appointment of ex-MFS executive Paul Turner as general manager, financial services. The appointment is designed to strengthen Sovereign's product development and distribution capabilities. ...

Push button payment system at fundie fingertips

... accessed through the web so licensees can track payment data as they are being processed within the system. Listed fund manager MFS, one of the companies that piloted RMS, liked it so much that they replaced their in-house system with it. Dana Malipaard ...

MFS bolsters business development

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
MFS Investment Management has added to its Sydney business development team with the appointment of two new business development managers. Ana Fararoui brings five years industry experience to MFSIM, most recently with Provident Capital. She holds a ...

New fund manager for MFS Premium Income Fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
MFS Investment Management (MFSIM) has appointed a new fund manager for its Premium Income Fund. Marilyn Watts brings 22 years industry experience to the MFSIM team, 20 of those with companies in the TOWER Australia group managing fixed interest and ...

MFS sells half stake in HFA

HAMISH MADDEN AND CAMERON BOGGS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
MFS has continued its frenetic activity of recent months, announcing the sale of half its stake in HFA Holdings as well as the acquisition of another New Zealand advice business. MFS announced to the market late last week the sale of 39 million HFA ...

MFS retires from village portfolio

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
MFS Diversified today announced the sale of its retirement village portfolio and shares in Village Life as part of its rationalisation of non-core operations. The sale follows a deal with SCV Group to manage its retirement village portfolio in a 25 ...

MFS snaps up ex-BT hedge funds guru

Less than a couple of months after his resignation, ex-BT head of alternatives Richard Keary has moved to MFS Alternatives as chief investment officer. Keary was the head of alternative investment solutions with BT Financial Group where he set up and ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
... Petroleum. Mining companies King Solomon Mines and Truscott Mining Corp list on the stock exchange, while investment group MFS launches its water fund. Yesterday, Australian stocks ended in negative territory despite positive trading earlier in the day ...