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ASIC takes MFS Group to court

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
The regulator has started civil proceedings against the former executives and officers of MFS Group and its three subsidiaries for alleged transactions that breached responsible entity laws. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

Ripoll Inquiry must build on FSR progress: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... working well. And while the Rippoll Inquiry - which investigates the role of financial advisers in failed firms such as Storm, MFS and Opes Prime, among others - is important to pave the way for improved financial products and services, he cautions the ...

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 ...

Tribeca stays on track

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... focus on managing money since the deal. "The Grant Samuel brand and their people have really helped us. Coming out of that MFS situation we really needed to work hard on [our credibility] and I think the Grant Samuel brand did that," he said. Grant Samuel ...

Local Govt Super overhauls intl eq, Aus equities next

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... satellite 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 ...

Aus FMs avoid Satyam scandal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... Computer Services 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. ...

Depression talk ill-informed and ignores history

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... about to 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 ...

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
... Trustees Limited) 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 ...

US fund giant MFS lands down under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
With the confusion around its namesake MFS (now Octaviar) out of the way, US fund manager MFS, which boasts more than $300 billion in FUM, has set up an office in Sydney. The opening further cements MFS' longstanding distribution partnership with BNP ...