Archives for March 2019

Peruvian AFP Investments in International Mutual Funds – February 2019

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 February 28, 2019.

Aberdeen; AB; Allianz; Amundi; Ashmore; Axa; AZ Fund; BlackRock – iShares; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; Deutsche; Degroof Petercam; Dimensional; Eastspring; EDM; Federated Investment; First Trust; Fidelity; Franklin Templeton; GAM; GBM; Goldman Sachs; Groupama; Global Evolution; Lazard; Ossiam; Janus Henderson; Invesco; Investec; JP Morgan; Man; Moneda; Matthews; MFS; Morgan Stanley; Muzinich; M&G; NN Investment ; Nordea; Nomura; Pictet; Pimco; PineBrigde; Robeco; Santander; Schroders; State Street; Columbia Threadneedle; UBS; Russell; Tokio Marine; Van Eck; Vanguard; Veritas; Vontobel; Wellington; WisdomTree; Habitat; Prima; Profuturo; Integra.

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JP Morgan lists its first UCITS ETF in Mexico

"We’re seeing growing interest from clients for cost-efficient fixed-income strategies which sit within the benefit-rich ETF vehicle," said JPM Mexico's Juan Pablo Medina-Mora.

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Seventh pension manager – AFP Uno – enters Chilean market

AFP Uno is the brainchild of Mario Ignacio Álvarez Avendaño, the former chief executive of AFP Cuprum, which since 2013 has been owned by Principal Financial.

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Colombian AFPs turn away from USA and Europe, and toward emerging markets

Eemerging-markets-equity funds and ETFs continued to attract assets. Category favorite iShares MSCI Emerging Markets led inflows with USD 178 million coming into the fund.

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Brazilian fund industry starts 2019 with close to USD 3 billion in inflows

Free Duration Investment Grade funds led the way, with net inflows of USD 4 billion in the month, the best result for this type since data began being tracked in October 2015.

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AFPs are third in line for independent-worker contributions

The staggered implementation, progressivity and varied purposing of independent workers’ contributions will cut into the planned inflows of AFP pension managers, notes AFP Association president Andrés Santa Cruz.

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Santander is negotiating new partnerships to offer offshore fund of funds

Rudolf Gschliffner, product manager at Santander in Brazil, said the firm plans to launch at least one fund of funds this year, a total-return fund that would provide some diversity to the current offering.

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Bradesco offers multi-country diversification to clients in Brazil

The funds offer the opportunity of investment in regional strategies, such as equity in Japan, United States or Europe, Bradesco's head of sales, Sergio Magalhães, told Fund Pro Latin America.

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AFPs favor Asian equity and emerging-markets debt as markets recover

AFPs injected USD 760 million into emerging-markets bonds and USD 743 million into Asian equity in February, as total cross-border allocations passed the USD 80 billion mark.

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Insurers look carefully at possible entry into pension business

In an interview with Fund Pro Latin America, Jorge Claude highlighted the qualities of the annuity product for execution of pension payments.

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