Western Asset's Mauricio Lima notes that BDR funds are not subject to new, restrictive regulations on international fund investing, so institutional investors may continue to use them without restriction.
Brazilian managers dust off BDR funds to meet clients’ demands for global diversification
January 13, 2018 by
Brazilian pensions less likely to invest abroad despite new resolution facilitating use of local feeders
December 13, 2017 by
A new rule intended to make it easier for Brazilian pensions to allocate to feeder funds investing in cross-border funds is so confusing that it may have the effect of causing redemptions from these products, at least until there is clarification.
BNP Paribas gets back in game, launching local feeder targeting Europe
October 23, 2017 by
The firm already has three other feeders in Brazil, but the new fund, to be launched in November, is its first with a foreign-exchange hedge," says BNP's Luiz Felipe Santos.
BB DTVM resets global feeder offering as drop in local yields looms
September 17, 2017 by
BB DTVM's Carlos André told Fund Pro Latin America it is readying two products, one of them a feeder fund investing in a cross-border Banco do Brasil multi-manager fund allocating to various global brands, and using a foreign-exchange hedge.
Pimco puts on asset-gathering master class in Brazil
August 30, 2017 by
Pimco's Brazil-domiciled feeder funds, which invest in cross-border Pimco products, raised roughly USD 350 million in the first six months of 2017, with AUMs jumping from USD 61 million to USD 419 million. Luis Otavio Oliveira, Pimco's VP of business development, explains how.
Local-product launches in Brazil will provide access to range of Legg Mason brands
May 12, 2017 by
Western Asset's Roberto Teperman, said the firm will launch a range of local funds in Brazil which will allocate to cross-border products of Legg Mason brands, including Western Asset, Brandywine, Clarion, ClearBridge, EnTrustPermal, Martin Currie, QS Investors, Rare Infrastructure, and Royce.
