A total of 29 products were added in the month from nine different asset managers: iShares, Amundi, MainFirst, Jupiter, MFS, GAM, JP Morgan, Bci and Lyxor.
JP Morgan lists its first UCITS ETF in Mexico
"We’re seeing growing interest from clients for cost-efficient fixed-income strategies which sit within the benefit-rich ETF vehicle," said JPM Mexico's Juan Pablo Medina-Mora.
Seventh pension manager – AFP Uno – enters Chilean market
AFP Uno is the brainchild of Mario Ignacio Álvarez Avendaño, the former chief executive of AFP Cuprum, which since 2013 has been owned by Principal Financial.
Brazilian fund industry starts 2019 with close to USD 3 billion in inflows
Free Duration Investment Grade funds led the way, with net inflows of USD 4 billion in the month, the best result for this type since data began being tracked in October 2015.
AFPs are third in line for independent-worker contributions
The staggered implementation, progressivity and varied purposing of independent workers’ contributions will cut into the planned inflows of AFP pension managers, notes AFP Association president Andrés Santa Cruz.
Santander is negotiating new partnerships to offer offshore fund of funds
Rudolf Gschliffner, product manager at Santander in Brazil, said the firm plans to launch at least one fund of funds this year, a total-return fund that would provide some diversity to the current offering.
Bradesco offers multi-country diversification to clients in Brazil
The funds offer the opportunity of investment in regional strategies, such as equity in Japan, United States or Europe, Bradesco's head of sales, Sergio Magalhães, told Fund Pro Latin America.
PGIM Real Estate global outlook: Striking the right portfolio balance late in the cycle
“The challenge for investors in the current environment is striking the right balance between taking on risk to capitalize on late-cycle growth opportunities and investing in strategies that offer greater downside protection,” said PGIM's Peter Hayes.
AFPs favor Asian equity and emerging-markets debt as markets recover
AFPs injected USD 760 million into emerging-markets bonds and USD 743 million into Asian equity in February, as total cross-border allocations passed the USD 80 billion mark.











