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LUCRF Super appoints global eq managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
Industry fund LUCRF Super has appointed Arrowstreet Capital LP, MFS Investment Management and DFA Australia (Dimensional) as its new international equity managers. The appointments follow the fund's international equity review, which is part of an overall ...

ASIC takes MFS Group to court

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... responsible entity laws. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges that officers in MFS Investment Management caused the Premium Income Fund to transfer $130 million to MFS Administration in November 2007 so it could pay financial ...

OptiMix appoints new managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
CrA(C)dit Agricole Asset Management, Investec Asset Management and MFS Investment Management are just three of the multiple new fund managers added to OptiMix's new investment manager line-up. CrA(C)dit Agricole, MFS, Investec, AllianceBernstein and ...

Local Govt Super overhauls intl eq, Aus equities next

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... where we've got close to 45 per cent invested with Vanguard," said Lambert. Lazard Asset Management and MFS Investment Management both scored $150 million each, while an existing LSV Asset Management mandate was retained. But with the new appointments ...

Aus FMs avoid Satyam scandal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... the same time, BT Investment Management, which manages a technology and an Asia fund using US-based MFS Investment Management, had previously held the stock but sold out late last year, before the troubles at the firm emerged. This follows the Indian ...

Depression talk ill-informed and ignores history

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... Great Depression anytime soon, explained James Swanson, the chief investment strategist of US-based MFS Investment Management. Visiting Australia late last month, Swanson said the rounds of government-backed policies to stimulate the economy and revive ...

BNP Paribas responds to alpha demand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
BNP Paribas Investment Partners launched another MFS Investment Management fund, the Concentrated Global Equity Trust, for its Australian and New Zealand wholesale investors. The fund invests in 20 to 35 companies that are selected from the most attractive ...

S&P names 2008 Fund Awards finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... International Equities-Developed Markets BlackRock Investment Managers Lazard Asset Management Limited (Zurich) MFS Investment Management (BNP) Walter Scott & Partners Limited (The Macquarie Professional Series) International Equities-Emerging Markets ...

MFS breaches $184m loan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... payable on demand as at 31 December 2007. The report also said there was mounting uncertainty surrounding MFS Investment Management Limited's (MFSIM) parent company, MFS Limited, and its related entities which has "impacted the recoverability of certain ...

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 ...