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MFS goes on a shopping spree

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
Listed investment group MFS has been on a buying spree of late, announcing it had entered into an agreement to purchase another New Zealand advisory firm, taking a 40 per cent stake in an Australian funds management business and launching an off-market ...

Statewide launches target return investment option

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
Top rating public offer super fund Statewide has stepped up its move into long-term strategic investments by launching a target return investment choice. The Statewide Target Return Option invests entirely in infrastructure, property, private equity ...

Russell adds two to international fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... other managers in the Russell International Shares fund are Bernstein Investment Research and Management (17.5 per cent), MFS Institutional Advisors (17.5 per cent), Institutional Capital Corporation (11.6 per cent), Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc ...

MFS broadens product range

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
Australian Stock Exchange listed investment manager MFS has launched two new funds in response to client demand, the MFS Cash Enhanced Fund and the MFS Dynamic Growth Equity Fund. Philip Adams, MFS managing director, said the funds were created to respond ...

B&B profits jump with new funds in the pipeline

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... income, which totalled $363 million and included the sale of rights to management fees from Everest Capital, the investment in MFS, and the sale of numerous properties in Japan and a sell down of a property portfolio in the US. Another major increase ...

T. Rowe Price wins Russell global equities mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... for a range of Russell funds globally and in Australia joins existing managers in the portfolio Arrowstreet (35 per cent), MFS (40 per cent) and Axiom (10 per cent). To make room for T. Rowe Price Axiom has had its mandate reduced from 25 per cent to ...

Investment Stewardship Awards to be launched at Melb Symposium

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
The 2007 Melbourne Financial Services Symposium (MFSS) will include the inaugural 2007 Investment Stewardship Award, sponsored by the Victorian Government. John Gall, judging panel chair, said, "It's time to recognise the importance of investment stewardship ...

MFS buys 40 per cent of Vantage

MFS Alternative Asset has acquired a 40 per cent stake in private equity management group Vantage Asset Management (VAM), its maiden investment in the alternative asset sector. The group has also bought $2.3 million worth of shares in Vantage Private ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... share price index contract was down six points at 5,420. Today, John Fairfax Holdings holds its annual general meeting as does MFS Living and Leisure Group and Macmahon Holdings. And Axiom Mining Ltd lists on the Australian Stock Exchange. The Australian ...

MFS appoints fund manager for flagship

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
MFS Investment Management has appointed the former head of Macquarie Applied Portfolio Solutions as senior fund manager for its flagship Premium Income Fund. Grant Harris will take on the role having previously worked in investment research with both ...