MFS Investment Management
also referred to as: mfs
8 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 15, 2022 by Carol Geremia · said 42 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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Dec 15, 2022 negative
Dec 15, 2022 negative
Dec 15, 2022 negative
Geremia: Skeptical that investment personalization actually serves client needs
“I think there's a lot of talk about personalization, and I'm a little skeptical on that, because again, I'm not sure that's actually, it sounds good, and it sounds like it's about the customer. I'm not sure that's actually What the customer needs. I think it's…”
Dec 15, 2022 negative
Geremia: MFS Avoids Active ETFs Because They Cannot Be Closed for Capacity
“We have looked a lot at active ETFs as an example, but here's the problem with ETFs. You can't close the products. How do you manage capacity, and how do you protect performance as an active manager? That is the sole reason we have not offered an active ETF.”
Dec 15, 2022 positive
Dec 15, 2022 positive
Geremia: Combining credit and equity analysts protected MFS in 2008
“It was the greatest differentiator for us in the global financial crisis. We could see our fixed income team knew and understood and started to understand the issues, especially in the financial sector, and really said, there's a lot of stuff here we can't val…”
Dec 15, 2022 positive
Geremia: MFS closed high-inflow product to protect existing shareholder returns
“About almost 20 years ago, and I was taking over the institutional business, and so I had a lot to learn. And you're dealing with large institutions all over the world, but we made the decision to close a product that was receiving lots of flow. And I, at the …”
Dec 15, 2022 positive
Geremia: MFS ties at least one-third of compensation to teamwork
“So we changed compensation decades ago, first and foremost, to say that we are a team and that's the way we're going to incent people to operate. So you're not just going to get paid on your results. That's going to be a huge factor for sure, but there's going…”