TIAA-CREF will add USD 221 billion in assets, bringing its funds under management to about USD 800 billion. Both TIAA-CREF and Nuveen have small positions in the Latin American institutional business, though Nuveen is a much more visible brand in wealth-management circles.
Banamex funds European mandate to Schroders; Pioneer next in line
April 10, 2014 by
Banamex's second separate-account mandate was awarded to Schroders, BlackRock, BNP Paribas, Pioneer Investments and Franklin Templeton. The other firms have not received funding to date, but funding to Pioneer is said to be next and is pending regulatory approval. Schroder is now managing USD 900 million from Afore Banamex.
Actinver launches on BMV first fundamentals-based ETF
April 10, 2014 by
The new ETF, called SMARTRAC, will replicate the BURSAOPTIMO index and complements Actinver's Smartshares family composed by the AngelD and DIABLOI ETFs.
Compass Group tapped to manage Investec Mexico fund
April 10, 2014 by
The fund will be managed by the US-based Compass Group, which specializes in Latin America. Compass also runs Investec’s Latin American Corporate Debt, Latin American Equity, and Latin American Smaller Companies funds.
BTG Pactual strengthens fund platform in Chile and Luxembourg
April 9, 2014 by
The asset manager will continue to develop closed-end funds in both domiciles, as a way of diversifying the investor base - a benefit to Pactual and to the investors themselves, argues Rodrigo Nader, CEO of Asset Management of BTG Pactual Chile.
Credicorp Capital: Institutionals will return to emerging markets
April 2, 2014 by
The firm believes there are no long-term fundamentals in favor of developed markets and that a change in asset allocation could take place by mid-year.
Fitch assigns a BBB+ rating to Sura Asset Management
April 2, 2014 by
SURA has a leading franchise in the mandatory pension fund business. With presence in six markets, a 23% regional market share, a customer base of over 16 million people and USD 113 billion of assets under management is the only mandatory pension fund manager with presence in the region’s top four markets (Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru).
Santander said to scoop up BNP’s Miami-based wealth unit
April 2, 2014 by
In a move sure to further boltster its standing as a major player in the Latin American wealth-management segment, Banco Santander is said to have purchased the USD 3 billion Miami private-banking portfolio of BNP Paribas.
BTG Pactual hires Jaime Maluk for new annuity unit
April 1, 2014 by
Jaime Maluk (photo), a well-known executive in the Chilean financial sector and former CEO of the local brokerage firms Euroamérica and Cruz del Sur, will lead BTG into the Chilean insurance market.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – March 2014
March 31, 2014 by
A rundown of the financial instruments approved, rejected and affirmed by the Comisión Clasificadora de Riesgo (CCR). Month of March 2014.
Seven mutual funds and two ETFs were added in March to the list of approved instruments to receive investments from Chilean Pension Managers (AFPs). Fidelity led with two fixed income funds plus one thematic equity fund listed, followed by Credit Suisse (one European equity fund and one Convertibles Bond fund) and AXA (one European equity fund).
