Gold ETFs may be OK’d by AFP regulator, a boon to State Street, BlackRock, Van Eck and Invesco

Gold ETFs will likely be approved for Chilean AFP investment in the first half of 2020, said pension superintendent Osvaldo Macías.

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Excel Capital plans to launch four funds in the next six months

Although distribution of foreign firms is their core business, they are also strengthening their AGF.

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Chilean AFPs return to Asian, Latin American equity funds in September

Chilean AFPs finished September with USD 78.9 billion invested in cross-border funds and ETFs, 69% of which was in equities.

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CCR Monthly Approval Report – August 2019

A total of 13 products were added in the month from ninedifferent asset managers: Fisch AM, Lord Abbet, Aktia, Pictet, PIMCO, Robeco, JP Morgan, Lindsay Goldberg and Manulife.

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Providers of real-estate and infrastructure alternatives sense opportunity in Chile

Since real-estate and infrastructure alternatives are considered fixed income, these products compare more favorably to other long-term local bonds already in AFP portfolios, say local distributors.

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Felipe Cárcamo leaves fund-distribution role at BTG to join Excel Capital

Cárcamo's mission will be to expand on Excel Capital's efforts to reach institutional clients, both in the area of traditional mutual funds as well as in alternatives.

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Amid mass protests in Chile, fierce debate expected on additional 5% pension contribution

The anti-establishment fervor in Chile makes it nearly impossible to imagine increased withholdings heading to the AFP system.

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CCR Monthly Approval Report – July 2019

A total of 28 products were added in the month from nine different asset managers: Amundi, Barings, BlueBay, Cathay, Fidelity, Janus Henderson, Principal, IK Investment Partners, Singuler Guff.

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AFPs plunge back into emerging-markets debt, Asian equity

The AFPs finished the month with USD 84.3 billion invested in cross-border funds and ETFs, 70% of which was in equities.

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Chilean labor-committee amendment would force AFPs to eat cross-border-fund fees

AFPs and cross-border managers are clinging to hopes that the amendment will be expunged or reversed before the final pension-reform bill goes to a vote in the Congress.

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