Chart comparing levels of pension fund system investments in international mutual funds and other international securities. Data from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Data broken out by instrument, Year-end totals from December 2010 through 2015, and as of November 30, 2015.
Latin American Pension Fund Investments in Cross-Border Securities – November 2015
Colombia – AFP Report Statistics – November 2015
Excel workbook detailing investments of each Colombian mandatory pension funds to international mutual fund managers. Includes names of all funds as well as amounts invested in each. Data as of November 30, 2015.
Companies mentioned in this report: iShares; State Street; Vanguard; Dimensional; Vontobel; Deutsche; Aberdeen; Franklin Templeton; Investec; Morgan Stanley; Robeco; BBH; JP Morgan; Schroders; NN IP; Pictet; Amundi; Matthews Funds; Fidelity; WisdomTree; MFS; Pioneer; BlackRock; PIMCO; Invesco; Deka; AllianceBernstein; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; AZ Fund Management; Goldman Sachs; Julius Baer; Threadneedle; Mandarine; Horizons; Allianz; Neuberger Berman; Porvenir; Proteccion; Horizonte; Colfondos; Old Mutual.
Holdings Report – Colombian Pension Fund Investment in Cross-Border Securities – November 2015
Excel workbook detailing Colombian pension fund (Obligatory + Voluntary) allocations to cross-border mutual funds, ETFs, private equity funds, bonds, stocks and other securities. Includes names of all securities as well as amounts invested in each. Also included is a breakdown of offshore allocations by asset class. Data as of November 30, 2015.
Companies mentioned in this report: Aberdeen; AllianceBernstein; Allianz; Amundi; AZ Fund Management; BBH; BlackRock; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; Deka; Dimensional; Fidelity; Franklin Templeton; HSBC; ING; Invesco; Investec; iShares; JP Morgan; LarrainVial; Lyxor; Matthews Funds; MFS; Morgan Stanley; Old Mutual; Pictet; Pimco; Pioneer; PowerShares; Robeco; Schroder; State Street; Van Eck; Vanguard; Vontobel; WisdomTree; Proteccion; Porvenir; Colfondos; Old Mutual; HSBC; FiduDavivienda; Colseguros; Popular; Alianza; Correval.
Distributors are hopeful that Colombian regulator’s proposed changes will stick
Daniel Navajas of Compass Group viewed positively the proposed changes, which include increased access to alternatives, investment in high-yield bond funds and hedge funds, and AFP access to cross-border funds that might have a shareholder owning more than 10%.
Report: Latam Offshore market strengthens while US Offshore increasingly Miami-centric
“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.
Colombian AFPs load up on Europe; make shy return into emerging markets
Colombian AFPs sharply increased their investment into Europe in October, while posting positive funds into emerging markets for the first time since May. These moves benefited managers like Vanguard, iShares and Deutsche but hurt others like State Street.
Colombia’s Finance Ministry floats plan to allow AFP investment in high-yield bond funds
Another suggested change of interest to global managers is removal of the restriction on AFP investment in cross-border funds with a large shareholder holding more than 10% of outstanding shares.
Latin American Pension Fund Investments in Cross-Border Securities – October 2015
Chart comparing levels of pension fund system investments in international mutual funds and other international securities. Data from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Data broken out by instrument, Year-end totals from December 2010 through 2015, and as of October 31, 2015.
Colombia – AFP Report Statistics – October 2015
Excel workbook detailing investments of each Colombian mandatory pension funds to international mutual fund managers. Includes names of all funds as well as amounts invested in each. Data as of October 31, 2015.
Companies mentioned in this report: iShares; State Street; Vanguard; Dimensional; Vontobel; Deutsche; Aberdeen; Franklin Templeton; Investec; Morgan Stanley; Robeco; BBH; JP Morgan; Schroders; NN IP; Pictet; Amundi; Matthews Funds; Fidelity; WisdomTree; MFS; Pioneer; BlackRock; PIMCO; Invesco; Deka; AllianceBernstein; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; AZ Fund Management; Goldman Sachs; Julius Baer; Threadneedle; Mandarine; Horizons; Allianz; Neuberger Berman; Porvenir; Proteccion; Horizonte; Colfondos; Old Mutual.
Holdings Report – Colombian Pension Fund Investment in Cross-Border Securities – October 2015
Excel workbook detailing Colombian pension fund (Obligatory + Voluntary) allocations to cross-border mutual funds, ETFs, private equity funds, bonds, stocks and other securities. Includes names of all securities as well as amounts invested in each. Also included is a breakdown of offshore allocations by asset class. Data as of October 31, 2015.
Companies mentioned in this report: Aberdeen; AllianceBernstein; Allianz; Amundi; AZ Fund Management; BBH; BlackRock; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; Deka; Dimensional; Fidelity; Franklin Templeton; HSBC; ING; Invesco; Investec; iShares; JP Morgan; LarrainVial; Lyxor; Matthews Funds; MFS; Morgan Stanley; Old Mutual; Pictet; Pimco; Pioneer; PowerShares; Robeco; Schroder; State Street; Van Eck; Vanguard; Vontobel; WisdomTree; Proteccion; Porvenir; Colfondos; Old Mutual; HSBC; FiduDavivienda; Colseguros; Popular; Alianza; Correval.




