While Security already has a distribution alliance with Oaktree Capital Mgt., the hiring away of Enrique Santibáñez from Bice was seen as a major step in fully developing this line of business.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – July 2018
A total of 45 products were added in the month from 14 different asset managers: State Street, iShares, AB, AZ Multi Asset, Barings, BMO, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Ares, Coller, Crescent, Gelman, LGT and Vista.
AFPs step back from Europe, Asia and Latin America amid trade tiffs
Chilean AFP pension managers pulled USD 1.3 billion of assets from cross-border funds and ETFs in June, backing away from European, Latin American and Asian equities.
Redeemable funds in Chile have gathered USD 5.2 billion in AUM
Luis Alberto Letelier, president of the ACAFI, says redeemable funds - which increasingly invest in funds of global managers - have opened a great tax-efficient opportunity for affluent Chilean investors.
Ardian’s arrival in Chile leaves Volcom unfazed
Volcom has renewed its contractual conditions with Ardian with view to playing a leading role in the firm’s plans for penetration of the region.
Ardian hires Compass exec to head its new Chilean distribution office
Nicolas Gazitua, who spent the last seven years in a sales role at Compass Group, will lead the alternatives manager's Santiago-based team, in coordination with NY co-heads Mark Benedetti and Vladimir Colas.
AFP Habitat publishes its new policy for alternatives amid management shakeup
Alejandro Bezanilla, moved from CIO to CEO, Meanwhile, Carolina Mery, newly appointed CIO, explained Habitat's approach to the use of alternatives in the context of their investment policy published on June 26.
Regulator green-lights direct investment in alternatives by AFP Capital
The pension regulator has approved AFP Capital's alternatives investment policy; AFP Habitat followed close behind.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – June 2018
Seven mutual funds, 20 ETFs and three alternatives were added in June to the list of approved instruments eligible to receive allocations from Chilean Pension Managers (AFPs).
Financial professionals can earn CFA credits at upcoming Neuberger seminar
BECON Investment Management and Neuberger Berman will host the first-ever series of advisor-focused events in Latin America in which attendees can acquire Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) continuing-education credits.








