USD 123 million in new money has been invested in cross-border mutual funds by the Mexican asset management unit of Spanish firm Grupo Santander. Equity products of JP Morgan, Henderson and Robeco have been the main beneficiaries.
Another mandate from Banamex, this time for USD 1 billion
February 18, 2014 by
As the size of pension-fund mandates grows and the pace of announcements picks up, Mexico is quickly garnering the attention of global asset managers looking for the next-best market after Chile. Banamex said it would spread this latest mandate among five distinct global players - all of which have boots on the ground in the country.
Banamex riding growth wave in Mexican private-banking segment
February 12, 2014 by
Banamex has many locally-domiciled mutual funds on the private-banking platform that utilize subadvisory agreeements with global managers. It has a US equity fund subadvised by Templeton, a European equity fund subadvised by BNP Paribas, and an Asian equity fund subadvised by BlackRock.
S&P Dow Jones teams with local partner to launch Mexican government-bond indices
February 11, 2014 by
S&P Dow Jones Indices has licensed the S&P/Valmer Mexico Government Bond Indices to BlackRock, to be utilized as the basis of their ETFs currently available on the Mexican Stock Exchange
Van Eck Global adds two Market Vectors ETFs to Mexican offering
February 3, 2014 by
Two fixed-income ETFs were added to the long list of 32 products that Van Eck can offer to Mexican pension and and mutual-fund managers through the local stock exchange. Deutsche Securities will act as local sponsor.
Cross-border investment by Mexican mutual funds hits record levels
January 29, 2014 by
Total cross-border investment for Mexican mutual funds reached USD 4.5 billion in 2013. In the process, active managers Franklin Templeton, BNP Paribas, BlackRock, Pioneer Investment, Henderson, JP Morgan and Robeco have successfully landed allocations. Latin Asset Management projects that Mexican fund managers will steer a considerable amount to cross-border instruments in the next five years, creating an interesting alternative to the slow-moving Afore mandate segment.
Exclusive: XXI Banorte selects managers for European mandate
January 27, 2014 by
In an interview with Fund Pro Latin America, the Afore, Mexico's largest with USD 42 billion in assets under management, shared the names of the two winning firms, and said it would allocate up to USD 250 million to each firm. Meanwhile, the pension manager also said selection of a custodian was not yet finalized and that another RFP was being readied. View article for full details.
Prudential names Ezequiel Rodriguez head of Mexico
January 20, 2014 by
Rodriguez, whose appointment is effective immediately, is based in Mexico City, reports to Alfonso Munk, managing director and head of Latin America.
Source: Performance-fee model for Afores will not stall mandate rollout
January 16, 2014 by
This measure is part of a larger reform package slated to be submitted to Congress for debate in late 2014. The same package is likely to contain an increase in the international-allocation limit, which has been stuck at the 20% level since 2003.
Fiscal reform takes bite out of tax benefit on pension-plan contributions
December 19, 2013 by
Up until 2013, contributions made by plan sponsors to private pension plans were 100% tax deductible. However, the new fiscal reform reduces the percentage to 53% and potentially just 47%, according to sources consulted by Latin Asset Management.
