Matthew W Ryan

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Matthew W Ryan
MFS Meridian Funds
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Matth Ryan, CFA, is an investment officer of MFS Investment Management® (MFS®) and portfolio manager of the firm's emerging market debt, strategic income, and high-yield bond portfolios. He is also a manager of the MFS® Diversified Income Fund. 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 of 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. Our portfolio managers are supported by our entire team of investment professionals in nine worldwide offices. The team employs a proprietary investment process to build better insights for our clients. The core principles of our approach are integrated research, global collaboration, and active risk management.

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Annualised total return over 22.3 years

+6.1%

Cumulative performance (% growth)

	1 year	3 years	5 years	7 years	10 years
Matthew W Ryan	8.1	5.7	6.6	19.6	46.4
Peer Group Composite	8.6	5.7	10.2	17.8	42.1
Over / Under	-0.5	0.0	-3.6	1.8	4.3

Total return for Matthew W Ryan

Discrete calendar year performance : Matthew W Ryan

Discrete performance

	0-12m	12-24m	24-36m	36-48m	48-60m	60-72m	72-84m	84-96m	96-108m	108-120m

Matthew W Ryan	8.1	-1.0	-1.3	0.2	0.7	10.0	2.0	0.2	27.3	-3.1
Peer Group Composite	8.6	1.6	-4.2	0.6	3.7	6.8	0.1	4.2	21.5	-4.1
Over / Under	-0.5	-2.6	2.9	-0.4	-3.0	3.2	1.9	-4.0	5.8	1.0

Performance vs peer group composite: Matthew W Ryan

How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.

Overall markets

Outperformed peer group composite

5 years

out of a possible 10

Overall markets

Underperformed peer group composite

5 years

out of a possible 10

Rising markets

Outperformed peer group composite

3 years

out of a possible 8

Falling markets

Outperformed peer group composite

2 years

out of a possible 2

Funds currently managed

Fund	Sole/Co-managed	Sector	Periods

MFS Meridian Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency	Co-managed	IA Global EM Bonds - Local Currency	since Sep 15 2011 to present
MFS Meridian Global High Yield	Co-managed	IA Global High Yield Bond	since Sep 01 2014 to present
MFS Meridian Global Opportunistic Bond	Co-managed	IA Global Mixed Bond	since Jul 12 2016 to present
MFS Meridian Diversified Income	Co-managed (deputy)	IA Flexible Investment	since Mar 01 2018 to present

Funds managed previously

Fund	Periods

MFS Meridian Emerging Markets Debt	since Oct 01 2002 to Mar 31 2024
MFS Meridian Global Total Return	since Oct 01 2002 to Jan 31 2010
MFS Meridian Global Multi-Asset	since Sep 23 2005 to Jul 31 2011
MFS Meridian Global Credit	since Apr 13 2010 to Oct 30 2014
MFS Meridian Diversified Income	since Oct 31 2014 to Feb 28 2018
MFS Meridian Prudent Wealth	since Mar 03 2008 to Jan 31 2010