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.
Nuveen centers its Latin American rollout on Chile
February 11, 2014 by
Several funds of Nuveen that have received investments from Latin American clients in general, including Nuveen Santa Barbara Global Dividend Growth Fund, Nuveen Winslow Large Cap Growth Fund y Nuveen Global Infrastructure.
Sponsors of cross-border funds and ETFs reaped USD 92 million in fees in third quarter of 2013
February 11, 2014 by
During the third quarter of 2013, Chilean pension fund managers paid around USD 92 million in fees on their cross-border holdings.
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
New York Life Investments completes acquisition of Dexia Asset Management
February 6, 2014 by
Dexia joins New York Life Investments’ diversified family of investment boutiques and adds USD 100 billion in assets under management, bringing New York Life Investments’ total assets under management to USD 511 billion.
Fees, returns and reforms on the AFP agenda
February 6, 2014 by
Industry actors have shown themselves open to accepting radical changes, apparently in line with the new direction set by the incoming Bachelet administration.
Bruising January for cross-border investments, but local options took a worse beating
February 6, 2014 by
Only two equity funds and ETFs among the 144 which receive allocations from Chilean AFPs ended the first month of the year with a positive return. The worst performing vehicle lost 12% for the month.
Canadian Pension Board installs regional investment office in Sao Paulo
February 6, 2014 by
The pension fund already has significant investments in Latin America, with nearly USD 4.5 billion invested in real estate, public- and private-equity and infrastructure investments.
Argentine unit of Raymond James seals institutional distribution deals with two major US fund houses
February 3, 2014 by
The firm, which has already been distributing Eagle Asset Management products in Latin America, announced the strategic alliance on Jan. 30. A total 21 funds were registered for sale with the CCR in Chile.
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.
