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Mfs Meridian Funds - Global High Yield Fund I1 Usd (0P00001B7C)
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250.620
+0.650
+0.26%
Type:
Fund
Market:
Luxembourg
Issuer:
MFS Meridian Funds
ISIN:
LU0219455101
Asset Class:
Bond
- Morningstar Rating:
- Total Assets: 241.81M
MFS Meridian Funds - Global High Yield Fund I1 USD
250.620
+0.650
+0.26%
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Mfs Meridian Funds - Global High Yield Fund I1 Usd Overview
On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Mfs Meridian Funds - Global High Yield Fund I1 Usd. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of 0P00001B7C among other information.
Investment Strategy
The Fund’s objective is total return, with an emphasis on high current income but also considering capital appreciation, measured in U.S. dollars. The Fund invests primarily (at least 70%) in below investment grade debt instruments of issuers located in developed and emerging market countries. The Fund generally focuses its investments in corporate debt instruments, but may also invest in government or government related or other non-corporate debt instruments. The Fund may invest a relatively large percentage of the Fund’s assets in a small number of countries and/or a particular geographic region. The Investment Manager may consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in its fundamental investment analysis alongside other factors.
Contact Information
Address
L-1246, Luxembourg
,
Luxembourg
,
Luxembourg
Phone
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Top Executives
| Name | Title | Since | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Skatrud | Portfolio Manager | 2018 | Now |
| Biography | Michael Skatrud, CFA, is an investment officer and fixed income research analyst at MFS Investment Management (MFS). He is responsible for identifying the most attractive investment opportunities in his assigned coverage universe and he works closely with portfolio managers to ensure ideas are properly positioned within portfolios. Michael joined MFS in 2013 from Columbia Management, where he had worked as a high yield analyst for four years. Previously, he was a senior credit analyst at Oppenheimer Funds, Inc., for two years and spent seven years as a corporate bond analyst at Putnam Investments. He began his career in the financial services industry in 1996. Michael earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. He is a CFA charter holder and a member of the CFA Society Boston. | ||
| Matthew W. Ryan | Senior Vice President | 2014 | Now |
| Biography | Matthew W. Ryan, CFA, is an investment officer and a portfolio manager of Massachusetts Financial Services Company. Before joining the firm in 1997, Matt worked for four years as an economist at the International Monetary Fund and for five years as an international economist with the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He was named a portfolio manager at MFS in 1998. He is a graduate of Williams College and earned a master's degree in international economics and foreign policy from Johns Hopkins University. Matt also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. | ||
| David P. Cole | Portfolio Manager | 2006 | Now |
| Biography | David P. Cole, CFA, is an Investment Officer of MFS Investment Management® (MFS®) and Portfolio Manager at the firm. David employed in the investment area of MFS since 2004 after working for five years as a High Yield Analyst for Franklin Templeton Investments. Prior to this, he served as a financial economist/treasury market analyst for Thomson Financial Services and two years as an economist for Standard and Poor's. David has a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. | ||
| William J. Adams | Director | 2011 | 2018 |
| Biography | William J. Adams, CFA, is an investment officer and director of Fixed Income at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). Bill's responsibilities include managing MFS' team of fixed-income research analysts as well as serving on the portfolio management team of several of the firm's fixed-income strategies. Bill joined MFS as a corporate credit analyst in 1997 and was named portfolio manager in 2000. He left MFS in 2005 and re-joined the firm in 2009 as director of High Yield Research. The following year, he was appointed director of Credit Research. He was named high-yield portfolio manager in May 2011. In 2011, he was appointed director of Fixed Income along with Joshua Marston. During his tenure at MFS, Bill's coverage responsibilities have varied across a number of sectors, including industrials, media, cable, telecommunication, retail, and consumer products. As a portfolio manager, he has invested across a variety of both investment-grade and high-yield corporate bond securities. Prior to joining MFS, Bill was a credit/securities analyst at Conseco Capital Management from 1994 to 1997, where his responsibilities included investment-grade and high-yield credit, as well as equity coverage. From 1991 to 1994, he served as a lending officer at Mellon Bank. Bill received a BA in 1988 from LaSalle University. In 1990, he was awarded an MA from Indiana University where he also received an MBA in 1991. He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute and is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society. | ||
| John F. Addeo | Chief Investment Officer | 2006 | 2011 |
| Biography | John F. Addeo, CFA Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, Manulife Investment Management John is the global CIO for the firm’s fixed-income strategies (public markets), as well as senior portfolio manager on the high-yield and global credit products. Prior to joining the company, he was with MFS Investment Management, where he held progressive portfolio management roles, most recently as an investment officer for the high-yield bond group, while playing an integral role in that firm’s expansion into global credit. Earlier in his career, John held high-yiel | ||
| Scott B. Richards | Portfolio Manager | 2005 | 2006 |
| Biography | Scott Richards is a senior managing director and portfolio manager on the total return fixed income team at PPM. He is responsible for investment and allocation decisions for several of the firm’s fixed income strategies, including floating rate income, high yield core, long short credit, and strategic income which are managed on behalf of institutional and retail investors globally. Prior to joining PPM in 2008, Scott was the head of global high yield for State Street Global Advisors. Previously, he also held senior high yield portfolio manager positions at MFS Investment Management, Liberty Funds Group and State Street Research & Management. He also worked as the director of high yield research at Wellington Management and began his career as an investment officer at New England Mutual Life Insurance Company. Scott earned an MBA in finance from Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth and a BS in applied economics from Cornell University. He is also a CFA® charterholder. | ||
| Bernard Scozzafava | Research Analyst/Trader | 1997 | 2005 |
| Biography | Bernie leads Parametric’s corporate bond quantitative research, which supports the development of rules-based algorithms used to construct corporate ladder, Custom Core® fixed income, and liability-driven investing (LDI) portfolios. As a portfolio manager, he is responsible for designing and implementing his team’s hybrid investment process, which combines forward-looking credit research with sound portfolio construction techniques. Bernie began his career in the investment management industry in 1984 with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Prior to joining the firm in 2006 (originally as an employee of Parametric’s parent company, Eaton Vance), he was a portfolio manager and credit analyst with MFS Investment Management. He is a member of the CFA Society Boston and is a CFA charterholder. Bernie earned a BA in economics and mathematics from Hamilton College and an MS in finance from the MIT Sloan School of Management. | ||
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