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Global fixed income trust launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
MFS Investment Management has announced the launch of the MFS Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Trust designed to generate returns from diverse sources of alpha in a variety of market conditions. MFS said the trust takes an integrated research approach ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Equity Fund INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES - EMERGING MARKETS Arrowstreet Emerging Markets Fund Fidelity Global Emerging Markets Fund MFS Emerging Markets Equity Fund Schroder Global Emerging Markets Fund Vanguard EM Index Fund Walter Scott Emerging Markets ...

Asset manager appoints CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... is welcoming a new chief investment officer. Edward M. "Ted" Maloney is moving into the top investment role at Boston-based MFS Investment Management, 13 years after he joined the company as an equity research analyst. Come January 1, he will succeed ...

Morningstar secures $337bn portfolio disclosure commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... small focus group of fund managers in the early days of the campaign including Aberdeen, Cbus, Franklin Templeton, JP Morgan, MFS, Nikko AM, Pengana, PIMCO, RARE, Fidelity and Vanguard. With many more joining the movement every day, our goal is to work ...

Industry stars recognised at 2017 MAX Awards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... Rowe Price Executive of the Year - Sales Darren Hall - T. Rowe Price Finalists Jorden Brown - Capital Group Ross Cartwright - MFS Alex Donald - Ironbark Andrew Mellor - Fidelity International Marketing Team of the Year BlackRock Finalists BT Financial ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans former executives and fund managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... Premium Income Fund (PIF) on behalf of unitholders, using the funds to pay debts owed by other related entities in the MFS Group. The MFS Group collapsed in 2008 owing $2.5 billion. The court decided that they did not act honestly in carrying out their ...

MainstreamBPO makes hire for European expansion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... financial services industry to drive its expansion into Europe. To further establish its presence in Europe and the UK the group has opened serviced offices in London and Dublin and hired experienced business development manager Colin Stott to be responsible ...

MFSIM execs use $143.5m in client money to repay debts

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... ACN, have been found liable for breaching their directors' and officers' duties by the Supreme Court of Queensland. The MFS Group, subsequantly known as Octaviar, collapsed in 2008 owing $2.5 billion. ASIC launched civil action in 2009, alleging that ...

Independent dealers in M&A mode

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Whittaker Macnaught and Lifestyle Financial Planning Services. Similarly, Sydney advice practice Manly Financial Services (MFS) has acquired two advisers formerly with Perpetual Private and TAL, and since rebranding itself and hiring former chief executive ...

Perpetual, TAL advisers join independent firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Sydney advice firm has hired two financial advisers who were previously at Perpetual Private and TAL. Manly Financial Services (MFS) is aiming to maintain the current client growth of 30%, following the purchase of Augeo Wealth Management in 2014. The ...