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Product Showcase: Calm in the chaos

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... would be on the daily menu. That's why contrarian investment expert Paul Fairbrother, institutional portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management, doesn't fear volatility, he eats it for breakfast. As Fairbrother puts it, "Our investment philosophy ...

Prime Super closes two options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... its asset consultant as of June 1, replacing PATRIZIA, which has been with the fund for more than a decade. Last December, MFS Investment Management won the contract to manage an active global fixed income strategy on behalf of the $9 billion super f ...

March RBA hike now on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... focus on inflation and lift the cash rate in both March and May to take the cash rate to 4.35%," she said. But not all agree, MFS Investment Management fixed income research analyst Carl Ang said while the market is pricing in around a 40% chance of ...

Unintended consequences of passive investing materialise: MFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... investing boom are materialising into ownership concentration, short termism and the erosion of long-term value creation, MFS Investment Management warns. Carol Geremia, president and co-head of global distribution at MFS, echoed the dangers of excessive ...

Aberdeen to acquire $3bn worth of MFS funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
Aberdeen Investments has reached an agreement with MFS Investment Management to acquire nine MFS funds to create two separate closed end funds. Aberdeen Investments has reached an agreement with MFS to acquire the management of nine closed end funds ...

Prime Super awards fixed income mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
Prime Super has appointed MFS Investment Management to manage an active global fixed income mandate. The $9 billion super fund will invest in the MFS Global Aggregate Core Plus Fixed Income strategy, which seeks to outperform the Bloomberg Global Aggregate ...

UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... came in second place, while the ClearBridge Emerging Markets Fund - Class A returned 27.8% p.a. Over a three-year period, the MFS Emerging Markets Equity Fund was the top performer with 23.6% p.a. Coming in second was Lazard's Emerging Markets Equity ...

Preparing earlier boosts average super balance by over $250k: Brighter Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... average at 60 points. Additionally, the report noted that demand for advice from super funds is strong; this was reflected in an MFS Investment Management report this week. Personal financial advice is their top request for the second year in a row for ...

Super funds most relied upon for advice: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
Australians continue to seek advice from their super funds but struggle to know exactly when they can retire, an MFS Investment Management survey found. The 2025 MFS Global Retirement Survey - studying some 1000 participants across Australia, Canada ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... duration US Treasuries which have investors wary. Curves steepening Owen Murfin, the global fixed income portfolio manager for MFS Investment Management based in London, points that there have recently been several "challenging" auctions for 30-year ...
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