Franklin's local director, Hugo Petricioli, said that while third-party fund platforms have existed for some years, the investment culture in Mexico has remained very narrowly focused on short-term fixed-income proprietary products sold by banks, and investors have not bothered to look around for alternatives.
Franklin: Change in Mexican investment culture must accompany open-architecture framework
March 19, 2015 by
Sura sees many pluses in open-architecture scheme in Mexico
March 11, 2015 by
If an open-architecture scheme is implemented industry-wide, the winners of this opening will be the end clients, intermediaries and the fund industry itself, Luis Ortiz, director of Investment Management at Sura Mexico, told Fund Pro Latin America.
Ramirez warns of dire consequences to pension system if reforms are delayed
March 11, 2015 by
"The more we delay the fundamental reforms required by this system, the possibility of accumulating sufficient resources for the new generation of Mexicans will be reduced," warned Carlos Ramírez, president of the Consar, at a recent gathering of industry professionals.
Principal Financial anxious to see Mexican market copy its open architecture model
March 3, 2015 by
Humberto Romero Lois, CEO of Principal Investment Funds in Mexico, told Fund Pro Latin America that the results of negotiations on an open-architecture framework between the regulator and the industry association will be made public in coming months.
Afore Sura makes play for voluntary savings
February 26, 2015 by
Encouraged by a 52% AUM increase in 2014, Afore Sura launched two new voluntary-investment vehicles with the aim of attracting MXP 1 billion in voluntary savings in 2015.
Afore Principal has global investment mandates on back burner
February 26, 2015 by
The regulator is very active and is making an effort to get the system working correctly, said Ramón Pando, Afore Director in Principal Financial Group Mexico (photo). But that means taking the time to align its processes according to Consar dictates. Mandates will have to wait, he said.
Experts agree: Mexican pension system in need of urgent reform
February 18, 2015 by
Experts gathered at forum hosted by Principal Investments agreed that the first generations of Mexicans who retire with their Afore accounts will not receive a decent pension. The average OECD replacement rate is 54% (pension as a percent of salary) compared with just 28.5% in Mexico.
Mexican Finance Ministry goes all in on open architecture for mutual funds
January 29, 2015 by
The Finance Ministry unveiled an open-architecture scheme that would prevent mutual fund managers from working exclusively with only one mutual fund distribution company or entity (usually the bank that owns them), and ensure that any distributor willing to offer a manager's fund should be allowed to do so.
Iñaki Bernus is the new director of private banking at Credit Suisse
January 29, 2015 by
Bernus has over 24 years’ experience in private banking; prior to joining Credit Suisse Mexico in 2010, he was director of private banking at Invex Grupo Financiero and regional director of wealth management and specialized advisory services at Banorte.
Banamex announces winners of USD 600 million Asian mandate
January 14, 2015 by
The announcement was a coup for Compass Group Mexico, which represents two of the firms that will share in the USD 600 million mandate. Rodrigo Blancas (photo), head of mandates, also revealed that it will be disbursing assets to previous winners of already-existing mandates, after many months of regulatory wrangling.
