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BNP Paribas IP, MFS part ways

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
BNP Paribas Investment Partners Australia and MFS Investment Management are ending their alliance for the distribution of MFS investment products across Australia and New Zealand. In a move the parties are calling amicable, MFS Investment Management ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... burn investors, according to a chief investment strategist. James Swanson, chief investment strategist, MFS Investment Management told Financial Standard that the logic behind gold was similar to the infamous tulip bulb 'fever' in seventeenth century ...

Local instos eye US equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... warned not to underestimate US equities, with the share market pipped to return to former strength by MFS Investment Management's chief investment strategist. Despite the US government debt crisis, US equities are the biggest opportunity for institutional ...

Debt crisis not so bad for Latin America

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... investments in infrastructure and tourism picked to rise. Jose Luis Garcia, co- portfolio manager for MFS Investment Management Emerging Market Equities and Director of Equity - Latin America, told Financial Standard Latin America was misunderstood as ...

Legalsuper continues mandate restructure

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... credit mandate with Babson Capital. It also poured an extra $50 million into its existing mandate with MFS Investment Management and $4 million with Dexus Wholesale Property Trust. These changes are part of legalsuper's continuing rationalisation process ...

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 ...