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.
Brazilian pension funds make initial global fund investments
February 18, 2014 by
BlackRock and JP Morgan Asset Management are the sponsors of the underlying cross-border funds being used by Banco do Brasil to introduce Brazilian pension funds to international markets, albeit in very small doses. Brazil's largest corporate pension fund, the Previ, was one of the initial buyers.
AUM losses in January topped USD 300 million for some funds held by Chilean AFPs
February 13, 2014 by
On the active-management side, the top 12 funds suffered a combined AUM loss of USD 851 million, while for ETFs the reduction in AUMs was a more moderate USD 501 million. Products from Templeton, Aberdeen, and iShares were the hardest hit. Meanwhile there was some good news for AXA, Invesco and BNY Mellon.
MSCI to open Chilean office; studies creation of local ESG index
February 13, 2014 by
The opening of an office in Santiago complements others in Mexico and Brazil, and expands MSCI’s presence to 24 countries globally.
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.
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.
