Hugo Petricioli, the Franklin's director and country manager in Mexico, said the launch would expand its product line and make "our investment strategies available to more investors."
Pension association suggests allowing smaller Afores to invest in cross-border funds
August 6, 2015 by
"This possibility would an interesting revolution for active managers, especially for smaller Afores, which find the cost of mandates beyond their means," said Carlos Noriega, president of Amafore.
Cash contributions to retirement schemes raise money-laundering fears
July 28, 2015 by
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.
BNP Paribas outlines how mandate process in Mexico could be improved
July 15, 2015 by
Noting that the Afores were born in 1997 and turn 18 in 2015, Luis Palacio, sales director of BNP Paribas Investment Partners in Mexico, says: "They have reached legal age and must be allowed to make decisions like adults."
Consar, Afores and global managers discuss speeding up the mandate process
June 29, 2015 by
Consar President Carlos Ramírez has met recently with the teams of Afore Banamex and two global managers with which the pension manager has funded mandates, Schroders and BlackRock.
Custody issues delay Afore Sura mandate with four global firms
May 14, 2015 by
The pension manager hopes to fund this mandate - with Pioneer Investments, BlackRock, Investec Asset Management and Morgan Stanley - this year and will probably send a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a second mandate as well.
Franklin: Change in Mexican investment culture must accompany open-architecture framework
March 19, 2015 by
Franklin's local director, Hugo Petricioli, said that while third-party fund platforms have existed for some years, the investment culture in Mexico has remained very narrowly focused on short-term fixed-income proprietary products sold by banks, and investors have not bothered to look around for alternatives.
Sura sees many pluses in open-architecture scheme in Mexico
March 11, 2015 by
If an open-architecture scheme is implemented industry-wide, the winners of this opening will be the end clients, intermediaries and the fund industry itself, Luis Ortiz, director of Investment Management at Sura Mexico, told Fund Pro Latin America.
Ramirez warns of dire consequences to pension system if reforms are delayed
March 11, 2015 by
"The more we delay the fundamental reforms required by this system, the possibility of accumulating sufficient resources for the new generation of Mexicans will be reduced," warned Carlos Ramírez, president of the Consar, at a recent gathering of industry professionals.
Principal Financial anxious to see Mexican market copy its open architecture model
March 3, 2015 by
Humberto Romero Lois, CEO of Principal Investment Funds in Mexico, told Fund Pro Latin America that the results of negotiations on an open-architecture framework between the regulator and the industry association will be made public in coming months.
