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ASIC cancels AFSL, bans former executives and fund managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... successful in the Supreme Court of Queensland, with the court disqualifying four former executives and the fund managers of MFS Investment Management from managing corporations. In May 2016, the court found that former chief executive Michael Christodoulou ...

Global equities boutique wins super fund mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... Information. Other international equities mandates at TWUSUPER include those managed by Pantheon Ventures, Orbis Investment Advisory, MFS International Australia, Neuberger Berman, and Intermediate Capital Australia.

Active winning out in down markets: MFS

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... strategies, active management remains a cornerstone of Australian investment. This is the key finding of new research from the 2016 MFS Active Management Sentiment report, conducted by CoreData based on a survey of 220 global institutional investors ...

MainstreamBPO makes hire for European expansion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Fund administration provider MainstreamBPO has hired a 30-year veteran of the 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 ...

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

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Five former executives of MFS Investment Management (MFSIM), now known as 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 ...

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 ...

Managed funds jump $115 billion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... managers reported strong double digit annual growth with some of the better performances in percentage terms recorded by UBS, MFS, Vanguard, Perpetual, BlackRock, State Street, National Australia / MLC and Commonwealth / Colonial.

Don't overlook culture and discipline: MFS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... discipline to soft-close funds before they are hurt by their size are too often overlooked by fund managers, according to MFS Investment management global equity chief investment officer Kevin Beatty. The Boston-based firm, which has more than 200 institutional ...

NAB AM buys stake in UK fund manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... Partners and established the company's London office. He also spent 14 years as managing director and portfolio manager at MFS, managing the MFS International Growth Fund and was co-manager of the MFS Global Growth Fund, with combined funds under management ...