Tracking the Activities of Global Asset Managers in Latin America
“According to our estimates, the overall size of the three asset-gathering segments stands at USD 105 billion, with the US offshore segment accounting for more than half of the total at USD 56 billion,” said Thomas Ciampi, founder and director of Latin Asset Management.
The tax benefits of local feeders still make sense for insurers and family offices, says Matías Eguiguren of Picton Advisors. But allowing the tax-exempt pension funds to invest directly offshore "would give them the opportunity to differentiate themselves."
The new head replaces Javiera Prado, who left to join Vision Advisors as institutional manager some months ago.
Pablo Valero, Banchile AGF's investment head, said the fund manager is in talks with three global firms, which it will represent in the institutional market. Economist Cristian Schulin-Zeuthen, an ex-BCI executive, will be leading the team.
The firm is headed by three executives with years of combined experience dealing exclusively with global asset managers. At Excel, they plan to treat distribution as a core activity and give it the focus and resources necessary to keep the business growing.
Allocation moves of Chilean AFPs in November affected products of Julius Baer, Templeton, Eastspring, Deutsche, Vanguard, State Street and iShares, as focus shifted from the US and Asia to Europe and Japan.
Eleven mutual funds were added in December to the list of approved instruments eligible to receive allocations from Chilean Pension Managers (AFPs). Of those, eight are domiciled in Luxembourg, two in Ireland and one in the USA.
The commencement of trading in pesos is a significant development as it reduces currency risk for local investors.
October was a good month for active managers Julius Baer, Deutsche, Schroders, Investec and Robeco, while ETF providers iShares and Vanguard finally caught a break as AFPs finally began taking positions in equity again.
