Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1 - 10 of 156 results for "MFS"

MFS Investment Management appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
MFS Investment Management has named Alison O'Neil as its new chief investment officer, starting from 1 January 2025. O'Neil will oversee MFS's 300-person investment team, including fixed income, quantitative solutions, and global treading ...

Global fund managers welcome chief executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
Edward M. "Ted" Maloney is set to become chief executive of MFS Investment Management (MFS), while Philippe Setbon has been appointed as chief executive of Natixis Investment Managers (Natixis). Maloney will succeed MFS's current chief executive Michael ...

MFS appoints new country head

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
MFS Investment Management has appointed Josh Barton as managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand, replacing Marian Poirier. Barton is currently responsible for leading the firm's sales efforts involving institutional investors in Australia ...

Finalists announced in 2023 MAX Awards

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... across 23 categories including Distribution Team of the Year, with Charter Hall, Janus Henderson Investors, La Trobe Financial, MFS Investment Management and T. Rowe Price up for nomination. Other categories include Agency Executive of the Year, Community ...

Former Octaviar director sees charges dropped

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
... citing his ill health. Anderson had been facing 27 charges of fraud, including allegations that he defrauded a subsidiary of MFS, later called Octaviar, of $4.8 million. He was formally charged with 26 counts in June 2019 before an additional charge ...

Perpetual takeover of Pendal progresses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... quarter. Perpetual Digital attracted two new clients in the quarter, with a new mandate form a large auto lender as well as MFS and Laminar combining to win a large wealth management mandate. Perpetual Private total funds under advice (FUA) were $17.2 ...

MFS names global fixed income investment chiefs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
MFS is growing its fixed income department's leadership team with the addition of two co-chief investment officers. MFS director of fixed income, Europe Pilar Gomez-Bravo and fixed income portfolio manager Alexander Mackey will join current chief investment ...

AustralianSuper to grow external mandates, hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... October 2021, the fund has external mandates with the likes of Alphinity, AXA Investment Managers, Dimensional, IFM Investors, MFS International, Perpetual, UBS and Vanguard. Wahba added that there is an ongoing need to appoint managers that complement ...

MFS recruits BNP Paribas executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
The former head of wholesale distribution at BNP Paribas Asset Management has taken on a similar role at MFS Investment Management. James Langlands is now head of wholesale, Australia and New Zealand for MFS. He replaces Ross Cartwright who relocated ...

Disgraced former fund manager chief declared bankrupt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
The former chief executive of MFS Group - later known as Octaviar - has been declared bankrupt after he failed to pay a penalty to ASIC of $300,000. The Federal Court made the order against Michael Christodoulou King based on the unpaid penalty even ...
PREVIOUS
NEXT