Regulators, intermediaries not worried by impact of Trump on Mexican fund industry

Edurado Flores Herrera, vice-president of Securities Supervision at Mexico's CNBV, discussed with Fund Pro Latin America the new mechanisms in place to buffer the mutual-fund clients from market-induced shocks.

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XXI Banorte plans early 2017 RFP

XXI is the most active Afore in terms of international mandates, having announced a USD 150 million mandate with Pioneer, new disbursements in its European mandate with BlackRock and Schroders, and, according to CIO Sergio Méndez, an upcoming RFP in early 2017.

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Pioneer snatches USD 150 million Asian mandate from XXI Banorte

The efforts of Pioneer's Gustavo Lozano in Mexico have helped land Pioneer two mandates (already funded) with Afore Banamex (European and Asian equity) and a third (not yet funded) with Afore Sura (global equity).

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Credit Suisse fills vacant CEO post

Jorge Villarreal has been named chief executive officer of Credit Suisse Mexico, replacing Hector Grisi, who was named CEO of Santander Mexico nearly a year ago.

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Afores’ reluctance to diversify confounds regulator

"There is underutilization of investment limits on nearly all fronts," said Carlos Ramírez, president of the Afore regulatory body. He cited underutilization of equity limits, as well as the minor positions of the Afores in foreign securities.

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Vanguard adds three ETFs to Mexican offering, bringing total to 65

"Vanguard is pleased to be able to cross-list additional products on the bolsa to help meet Mexican investors' needs for low-cost and broadly diversified ETFs," said Kathy Bock, head of Vanguard Americas.

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Deutsche sells Mexican banking and brokerage business to InvestaBank

InvestaBank would gain control of Deutsche's lucrative depository-receipt business in Mexico, which has profited from sales of foreign securities (including ETFs) on the Mexican Stock Exchange.

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Pension consultant: Small firms can’t afford to launch, fund corporate plans

Recent tax reform is only partly to blame for slow growth of corporate plans in Mexico, Antonio Valencia, director of actuarial operations at the Vitalis pension consulting firm, told Fund Pro Latin America.

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Investec shuts Compass-run Mexican equity fund amid fall in AUM

The Investec GSF Mexican Equity fund was launched as Luxembourg-domiciled fund in February 2014 using the expertise of Latin American investment specialist Compass Group and its CIO Luis Yance, Citywire reported.

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Principal Afore to invest up to USD 200 million in first international mandate

The selected manager must be very active in the geography of interest, "in order to operate with great depth in terms of company selection, which is what interests us," Juan Manuel Verón, chief investment officer of this global operator in Mexico, told Fund Pro Latin America.

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