“As wealth managers shift to fee-based advisory relationships, they are asking for new technologies to help them scale their business and build better portfolios,” said Venu Krishnamurthy, global head of Digital Wealth for BlackRock.

The Chilean society of CFA charterholders has 136 active members and more than 350 current candidates, according to Pamela Auszenker, a society member and head of equity research at Bci Corredora de Bolsa.

The AFPs wrapped October with USD 73.2 billion invested in cross-border funds, 70% of which was in equities.

Brazilian funds ended October with net inflows of BRL 6.4 billion, bringing the year-to-date amount to BRL 76.6 billion, albeit still below the BRL 251.3 billion raised in the same period of 2017.

Banorte's Alejandro Aguilar Ceballos, considers BlackRock’s arrival to the Mexican retail market as an opportunity for the industry to maintain its growth rate: "It will make us all go into training to be able to compete."