Massaru Takahashi, a former Banco do Brazil asset management CEO, has worked as a senior management consultant for BlackRock since 2016.
Brazilian fund flows rebounded in February
April 3, 2019 by
After a slow start to the year, the Brazilian investment fund industry ended February with net inflows of BRL 24.8 billion (USD 6.5 billion), up 57.7% compared with January.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – June 2019
July 1, 2019 by
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
March 20, 2019 by
"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
March 20, 2019 by
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.
Colombian AFPs turn away from USA and Europe, and toward emerging markets
March 20, 2019 by
Eemerging-markets-equity funds and ETFs continued to attract assets. Category favorite iShares MSCI Emerging Markets led inflows with USD 178 million coming into the fund.
Brazilian fund industry starts 2019 with close to USD 3 billion in inflows
March 20, 2019 by
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
March 20, 2019 by
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
March 20, 2019 by
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
March 20, 2019 by
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.
