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Local Govt Super overhauls intl eq, Aus equities next

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... approach 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
... shares. At 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 ...

Depression talk ill-informed and ignores history

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... see the next 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 ...

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
... Scotland, 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 ...

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 ...

MFS bolsters business development

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
MFS Investment Management has added to its Sydney business development team with the appointment of two new business development managers. Ana Fararoui brings five years industry experience to MFSIM, most recently with Provident Capital. She holds a ...

New fund manager for MFS Premium Income Fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
MFS Investment Management (MFSIM) has appointed a new fund manager for its Premium Income Fund. Marilyn Watts brings 22 years industry experience to the MFSIM team, 20 of those with companies in the TOWER Australia group managing fixed interest and ...

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 ...