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Zero is both a number and a concept and as such, Zero is critically important. But as Zero, the number, becomes more associated with benchmark interest rates and returns on bonds, its importance cannot be understated. At the beginning of what could be a prolonged period of policy fueled financial repression, we will all have to focus on Zero, its impact on investment decision making, and its impact on asset allocations. We have only begun to see Zeros everywhere.
As Competitors Shed Staff, MFS Is Hiring
Boston-based MFS Investment Management is one of the few active management firms in hiring mode, as the trend to passive persists unabated. MFS is staffing up in particular to support a multi-year build-out of its institutional fixed income platform. “We’re investing in active fixed income at a time when the headlines aren’t great,” said Bill Adams, chief investment officer of fixed income at MFS, a subsidiary of insurance company Sun Life.
MFS to Investors: Please Wait for Your Payoff
Investors are asking active managers to produce excess returns over an increasingly shorter time period, robbing themselves of alpha, according to Boston-based asset manager MFS Investment Management. Investors have been moving to index funds since 2008, as active managers continue to underperform their benchmarks. But MFS said in new research done for clients that stock pickers need a lot more time to prove their skill.
Culture | Institutional Investor
Sponsored By:<br> Joseph C. Flaherty, Jr., Chief Investment Risk Officer<br> Ryan E. Mullen, CIMA, ARPC, Senior Managing Director, Head of Defined Contribution Investments<br> Derek W. Beane, CFA, Director, Investment Products<br>
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