Archives for July 2014

Mexican Mutual Fund Industry Statistics – June 2014

Excel workbook detailing, over various time periods, mutual fund industry asset growth by sector and managers. Data as of June 30, 2014.
Companies mentioned in this report: Banamex; BBVA Bancomer; Santander; Banorte – Ixe; Inbursa; Actinver; Scotia Inverlat; HSBC; GBM; Nafinsa; Interacciones; Sura; Valmex; Vector; Invex; Value; Principal; Monex; Compass; Intercam; Skandia; Finaccess; Mifel; Multivalores; Valores Afirme; CI Fondos; Franklin Templeton; Ve por Más; American Express; Invercap.

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League Table – Assets Gathered by Distributors of Cross-Border Funds and ETFs – Chilean AFP Market – June 2014

This league table provides a ranking of all distributors of cross-border funds and ETFs, by AUM and market share, and a listing of the brands that each distributor represents in dealings with Chilean pension managers. It also includes annual inflows/outflows by cross-border brand. Data as of June 30, 2014.

Companies mentioned in this report: Aberdeen; Alfred Berg; AllianceBernstein; Allianz; Altis; Ashmore; Aviva Investors; Axa; Bice; BlackRock; BlueBay; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; BNY Mellon AM; BTG Pactual; Capital Advisors; Compass Group; Credit Suisse; Deka; Deutsche; Dimensional; DWS; Econsult; Edmond de Rothschild; Eurizon; EuroAmerica; F&C; Fidelity; Franklin Templeton; GAM; GLG; Goldman Sachs ; Henderson; HMC Capital; HSBC; IM Trust; ING; Invesco; Investec; iShares; JP Morgan; Julius Baer; LAAMA; LarrainVial; Latinus; M&G; Matthews Funds; MFS; Morgan Stanley; Natixis; Oaktree; Oppenheimer; Pictet; Picton Advisors; Pimco; Pioneer; Pioneer Chile; Robeco; Schroders; SEB; State Street; Swiss Advisors; Threadneedle; TIAA-CREF; UBS; Van Eck; Vanguard; Vision Advisors; Vontobel; WAC research; WisdomTree.

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Sweigart tapped to lead Threadneedle’s and Columbia’s institutional expansion in Latin America

Joseph Sweigart (photo), who comandeered JP Morgan Asset Management's successful incursion into Latin America in the 2000s, has been named senior institutional sales director of Columbia Mananagement and Threadneedle Investments, which are both units of US-based Ameriprise Financial.

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Consar expects pension managers to follow Afore Banamex’s model on mandates

In an interview with Fund Pro Latin America, Carlos Ramirez Fuentes (photo), president of the Consar, said that "Increases in both the contribution rate and the foreign investment limit are important changes to be discussed," adding, "we are concentrating a lot of risk in one basket by leaving 80% of savings in a single country."

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First XXI Banorte mandate to be funded in November; more to follow

Mexico's largest pension fund has a short list of four managers ready for a second mandate, this time in commodities. In this article, CIO Ignacio Saldaña (photo) reveals how many more mandates the firm has lined up, as well as the percentage of total AUM it plans to allocate to global managers.

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Franklin Templeton soft-closes EUR 3 billion European Growth fund

The firm said it was taking a prudent step to slow the growth of assets in this strategy, to "protect the integrity of our investment approach and our ability to add value for our shareholders."

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db X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares recieves approval from CCR

Chilean AFPs can gain direct equity exposure to the China A-shares market via this vehicle, the first direct investment in China A-shares to be registered in Chile and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading in local time.

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BTG Pactual buys Generali’s Swiss-banking unit for USD 1.7 billion

With the BSI acquisition, BTG Pactual takes control of the Chilean private-pension administrator AFP Planvital, which up to now had been controlled by BSI.

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Peruvian AFP Investments in International Mutual Funds – June 2014

Excel workbook detailing Peruvian AFP allocations to global mutual fund managers, over various time periods. Also included is a breakdown of offshore allocations by asset class, over various time periods. Data as of June 30, 2014.

Companies mentioned in this report: Aberdeen; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon Asset Mgt.; Capital; Deutsche; Franklin Templeton; Investec; BlackRock - iShares; Janus; Julius Baer; MFS; Muzinich; Pictet; PineBridge Investments; Pioneer; PowerShares; Robeco; Schroder; State Street Van Eck; Vanguard; WestLB; Dimensional; Fidelity; JP Morgan; Fidelity; UBS; LarrainVial; Axa; Habitat; Prima; Profuturo; Integra.

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Latin American Distribution Dynamics 2014 – Entry Points to Emergent Economies

The Cerulli Report: Latin American Distribution Dynamics 2014 is the ninth edition in a series of annual reports focusing on the distribution and product development trends taking place in the major markets of Latin America. Latin Asset Management, a source of most of the data and commentary featured in this edition, is proud to have once again collaborated with Cerulli Associates on the report.