Archives for July 2015

Colombia – AFP Report Statistics – May 2015

Excel workbook detailing investments of each Colombian mandatory pension funds to international mutual fund managers. Includes names of all funds as well as amounts invested in each. Data as of May 31, 2015.

Companies mentined in this report: iShares; State Street; Vanguard; Dimensional; Vontobel; Aberdeen; Franklin Templeton; Investec; Morgan Stanley; Robeco; ProShares; BBH; JP Morgan; PowerShares; Schroder; ING; Pictet; Amundi; Matthews Funds; Fidelity; WisdomTree; MFS; Pioneer; BlackRock; PIMCO; Invesco; Deka; LarrainVial; AllianceBernstein; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; AZ Fund Management; Lyxor; Porvenir; Proteccion; Horizonte; Colfondos; Old Mutual.

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Latin American Pension Fund Investments in Cross-Border Securities – May 2015

Chart comparing levels of pension fund system investments in international mutual funds and other international securities. Data from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Data broken out by instrument, Year-end totals from December 2008 through 2014, and as of May 31, 2015.

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Holdings Report – Colombian Pension Fund Investment in Cross-Border Securities – May 2015

Excel workbook detailing Colombian pension fund (Obligatory + Voluntary) allocations to cross-border mutual funds, ETFs, private equity funds, bonds, stocks and other securities. Includes names of all securities as well as amounts invested in each. Also included is a breakdown of offshore allocations by asset class. Data as of May 31, 2015.

Companies mentioned in this report: Aberdeen; AllianceBernstein; Allianz; Amundi; AZ Fund Management; BBH; BlackRock; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; Deka; Dimensional; Fidelity; Franklin Templeton; HSBC; ING; Invesco; Investec; iShares; JP Morgan; LarrainVial; Lyxor; Matthews Funds; MFS; Morgan Stanley; Old Mutual; Pictet; Pimco; Pioneer; PowerShares; Robeco; Schroder; State Street; Van Eck; Vanguard; Vontobel; WisdomTree; Proteccion; Porvenir; Colfondos; Old Mutual; HSBC; FiduDavivienda; Colseguros; Popular; Alianza; Correval.

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Argentine Mutual Fund Industry Net New Investments (NNI) Report – June 2015

Excel workbook detailing net new investments (NNI) of all locally registered Argentine mutual funds, asset managers and industry sectors. Also includes monthly and year to date NNI data by asset class, region, sector and manager by sector. Data as of June 30, 2015.

Companies mentioned in this report: Adm. Tit y Val.; Allaria Ledesma; Arpenta; Axis; Balanz; Bayfe; Frances ADM. de Inv.; BNP Paribas; bST; Cima; CMA; Cohen; Consultatio; Convexity; Facimex; BACS; Fondcapital; Gainvest; Galicia; Galileo; GPS Inestments; Gte de Fondos; HSBC; Itaú; Macro; Mariva; MBA; Megainver; Patagonia; Pellegrini; Proahorro; Provincia;RJ Delta; Sancor Seguros; Santader Río; SBS; Schroders; Southern Trust; Standard Bank; Supervielle.

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Chilean Mutual Fund Industry Net New Investments (NNI) Report – June 2015

Excel workbook detailing net new investments (NNI) of all locally registered Chilean mutual funds, asset managers and industry sectors. Also includes monthly and year to date NNI data by asset class, region, sector and manager by sector. Data as of June 30, 2015.

Companies mentioned in this report: Banchile; BancoEstado; BBVA; Bci; BGT Pactual; Celfin; Compass; CorpBanca; Cruz del Sur; EuroAmerica; IM Trust; Itaú; LarrainVial; Nevasa HMC; Penta; Principal; Santander; Scotia; Security; Sura; Zurich.

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Picton poaches Baring Asset Management from BTG Pactual

Baring had previously distributed its funds via Celfin Capital, which was purchased by BTG Pactual. With the help of Picton and Matías Eguiguren, the firm seeks to compete for allocations in Europe, Asia and emerging markets.

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AGFs have not yet assimilated new supplementary activities

This new regulation authorizes supplementary activities for companies that manage mutual funds and closed-end investment funds, including managing and distributing shares of foreign funds and providing investment advisory services to local firms.

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Cash contributions to retirement schemes raise money-laundering fears

According to sources in the sector, the issue of cash contributions has raised the eyebrows of some international players interested in the potentially huge global-investment-mandate business with the Afores, which manage close to USD 200 billion.

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BofA Merrill survey: Investors hoard cash as confidence in China wanes

“Rising risk aversion and stretched cash levels provide a contrarian buy signal for risk assets in Q3,” said Michael Hartnett, chief investment strategist at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research.

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MetLife and Arturo Hanono, veteran CIO, part ways

The longtime CIO of Afore Invercap, Hanono had jumped to MetLife in May 2014, where he was responsible for the group's investment and strategy units.

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