The Brazilian stock market appreciated strongly in March, with the Ibovespa moving up by 16.97%, the highest monthly upturn since October 2002, helping Brazilian equity funds post some hefty gains.
Brazil’s Itaú eyes Citigroup’s Latin American operations
April 15, 2016 by
An acquisition of Citi's chain of banks in Latin America would help Itaú reduce its dependence on Brazil, acknowledged the firm's Ricardo Villela Marino, head of Latam operations.
BlackRock: Institutional investors increasingly embrace factor investing
April 15, 2016 by
Factor investing holds that the risks and returns of all investments, no matter how nominally diverse, can be mapped to a set of common factors. BlackRock's Mark McCombe says investors increasingly believe that factor strategies can drive enhanced performance.
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.
Mexican companies again look to fund their pensions despite loss of tax benefit
April 8, 2016 by
Old Mutual has seen a 20% fall in its private-pension business due to the removal of a tax break for plan sponsors, said Alberto Baigts, commercial director of institutional business in Mexico.
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.
Compass Group to distribute AQR Capital funds in the region
April 8, 2016 by
AQR planted stakes in Chile in the second half of 2015, when it successfully registered two funds with the Risk Rating Commission.
Managers upbeat on new investment regulations for Peruvian insurers
April 8, 2016 by
Insurers' new ability to allocate a portion of their technical reserves in funds investing in real estate, infrastructure projects, receivables, leasing operations, factoring operations, and private equity pleased Daniel Dancourt, CEO of HMC Capital in Peru.
Miami office of Morgan Stanley hooks trio from UBS
April 8, 2016 by
A Coral Gables-based UBS team that oversaw about USD 1 billion in client assets left to join Morgan Stanley in Miami, according to market sources.
Mexican Afores suffered a small drop in profits in 2015
April 8, 2016 by
Mexico's 11 Afore private-pension managers recorded net income of MXN 8.9 million (USD 516 million) in 2015, a 2% decline in local currency terms. Fee-based revenues of the managers were MXN 26.8 billion (USD 1.5 billion), an increase of roughly 5% for the year.
