Raising the international investment limit to 42% "has been very positive for our system," said Jorge Ramos, CEO of Sura Peru - AFP Integra. "It has allowed us to diversify our investments and achieve positive real returns in all our funds despite the very negative performance of the local stock market."
Foreign investors in Chilean funds get favorable tax treatment
April 9, 2015 by
Thanks to the recently-enacted Unified Fund Law (LUF), foreigners investing in Chilean-domiciled funds will be subject to a maximum 10% tax ceiling, even if direct investment in underlying assets is subject to a higher tax rates, says Luis Alberto Letelier, a legal advisor to the Chilean Association of Investment Fund Managers (ACAFI).
AFP Protección: Informal economy and dueling systems complicate Colombian pension market
April 1, 2015 by
In a wide-ranging interview with Fund Pro Latin America, Mauricio Toro, president of AFP Protección, also commented on the firm's continued preference for ETFs over actively managed cross-border funds.
EuroAmerica is latest Chilean manager to list funds in Luxembourg
April 1, 2015 by
Local Chilean fund manager of EuroAmerica has decided to register a High Yield Latam and Small Cap Latam fund in Luxembourg, according to group CEO Henry Comber.
AGF Security relaunches Portafolio family using volatility-based risk profiles
March 26, 2015 by
"We took two years to perfect this new methodology, and we are very happy with the results," said investment manager Pablo Jaque. "We are really very motivated with this internal development."
A MILA fund platform? Chilean execs don’t see it working
March 26, 2015 by
Initiative of the Mutual Fund Association seems like more of a political announcement than a project with a real future, sources told Fund Pro Latin America.
AFP Protección: formalización del trabajo es un gran desafío
March 19, 2015 by
En el plano de las inversiones, debería seguir ampliándose la preferencia por ETFs sobre fondos activos.
HMC Itajubá to lead Bradesco’s Lux-fund distribution in Latin American markets
March 19, 2015 by
Bradesco's objective for Latin America is to use HMC Itajubá for distribution of the funds in almost all countries. said Luiz Osório Leão Filho, international business development manager at BRAM.
CCR takes no action on HSBC funds in recent meeting
March 3, 2015 by
The CCR generally takes into consideration the potential for heightened "reputational risk" of an approved fund sponsor, which could impact system returns or negatively influence Chileans' perceptions of the pension system itself.
Colombian AFPs’ performance now judged in part against S&P index
February 26, 2015 by
Standard & Poor's Colombia Select Index, along with the pre-existing Colcap, will now form part of a new aggregate index against which local AFPs will benchmark their returns. Other indices meeting criteria laid out by the Superintendencia Financiera can also be added to the aggregate index.
