BNP Paribas led with three mutual funds - three of them Europe Equity products - registered in the month, while New Capital, a fund family belonging to EFG AM, followed with two mutual funds.
Sura adds cross-border Franklin Templeton funds to Chilean lineup
April 27, 2016 by
"Open architecture is a pillar of our model of unbiased advice," Renzo Vercelli, CEO of Corredores de Bolsa Sura, told Fund Pro Latin America. The Franklin funds join others sponsored by BlackRock, BTG Pactual and ING.
Chilean AFPs chose emerging-markets bonds in March while dumping Asian equities
April 22, 2016 by
The AFPs made allocations to 14 emerging-markets-bond funds in March, with MS Emerging Markets Corporate Debt-Z and Investec Emerging Markets Corporate Debt-I Acc getting the lion's share of the action.
EFG Chile taps veteran Tomás Espinosa as CIO
April 19, 2016 by
The Chilean office of the Swiss firm will offer investment-advisory and asset-management services for institutional, corporate and private investors, with a wide range of international funds, both alternative and traditional.
Survey finds that family offices in Chile invest nearly half of assets offshore
April 13, 2016 by
Cristián Moreno, partner of Ameris Capital, said that 42% of family offices surveyed want to increase their exposure to foreign assets, 43.5% want to keep their current allocation and only 14.1% want to increase exposure to Chile.
US and Asian equity managers again pounded by Chilean AFPs
April 8, 2016 by
Chilean AFPs pulled investments in February from Asian and North American equities, as well as from high-yield bonds, in moves that hurt funds and ETFs like iShares Core S&P 500, Financial Select Sector SPDR, Investec Asian Equity and Axa US High Yield Bonds.
HMC nabs ex-PineBridge manager Santiago Arias
March 17, 2016 by
Arias, who will be based in Chile, will help HMC with the rollout of regional equity products.
Chilean AFPs trimmed their exposure to Asia and emerging markets in January
March 17, 2016 by
While cutting back broadly on positions across Asia, emerging markets and in the US, the AFPs targeted European equities in January. Some large funds from AXA, iShares, and Henderson, suffered, while State Street and Deutsche had some reason to cheer.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – February 2016
March 7, 2016 by
Five funds were added, while 17 were delisted. Edmond de Rothschild led with three mutual funds listed, all of them equity products, followed by BlackRock and NN IP, each with one new fund approved.
Latin countries seek to breathe new life into regional fund association FIAFIN
February 23, 2016 by
Mónica Cavallini, CEO of the Chilean fund association and a past general manager of the FIAFIN, spoke to Fund Pro Latin America about the upcoming ambitious projects of the regional association.
