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.
Peruvian Mutual Fund Industry Statistics – March 2014
April 8, 2014 by
Excel workbook detailing, over various time periods, mutual fund industry asset growth by sector and managers. Data as of March 31, 2014.
Companies mentioned in this report: BBVA Fondos Continental; Credifondo; Interfondo; NCF; Promoinvest; Scotia Perú; Sura.
Colombia – AFP Report Statistics – December 2013
April 7, 2014 by
Excel workbook detailing investments of each Colombian mandatory pension funds to international mutual fund managers. Includes names of all funds as well as amounts invested in each. Data as of December 31, 2013.
Companies mentined in this report: iShares; State Street; Vanguard; Dimensional; Vontobel; Aberdeen; Franklin Templeton; Investec; Morgan Stanley; Robeco; ProShares; BBH; JP Morgan; PowerShares; Schroder; ING; Pictet; Amundi; Matthews Funds; Fidelity; WisdomTree; MFS; Pioneer; BlackRock; PIMCO; Invesco; Deka; LarrainVial; AllianceBernstein; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; AZ Fund Management; Lyxor; Porvenir; Proteccion; Horizonte; Colfondos; Skandia.
Argentine Mutual Fund Industry Statistics – March 2014
April 4, 2014 by
Excel workbook detailing, over various time periods, mutual fund industry asset growth by sector and managers. Data as of March 31, 2014.
Companies mentioned in this report: Adm. Tit y Val.; Allaria Ledesma; Arpenta; Axis; Balanz; Bayfe; BBVA Francés; BNP Paribas; bST; Cima; CMA; Cohen; Consultatio; Convexity; Facimex; Bacs; Fondcapital; Gainvest; Galicia; Galileo; GPS Inestments; Gte de Fondos; HSBC; Itaú; Macro; Mariva; MBA; Megainver; Patagonia; Pellegrini; Proahorro; Provincia;RJ Delta; Sancor Seguros; Santader Río; SBS; Schroders; Surthern Trust; ICBC Bank; Nativa; Nuevo Chaco Fondos; Supervielle.
Chilean Mutual Fund Industry Statistics – March 2014
April 4, 2014 by
Excel workbook detailing, over various time periods, mutual fund industry asset growth by sector and managers. Data as of March 31, 2014.
Companies mentioned in this report: Banchile; BancoEstado; BBVA; Bci; Bice; BTG Pactual; CorpBanca; Cruz del Sur; EuroAmerica; IM Trust; Itaú; LarrainVial; Nevasa HMC; Penta; Principal; Satander; Scotia; Security; Sura; Zurich
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.
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.
Performance Report – Chilean AFP Investments in Cross-Border Funds and ETFs – March 2014
April 2, 2014 by
Excel workbook detailing, over various time periods, returns of each international fund/ETF receiving investments from Chilean AFP. Period ending March, 2014.
Companies mentioned in this report: Aberdeen; Alfred; Berg; AllianceBernstein; Allianz; Ashmore; Aviva; Investors; Axa; BlackRock; BlueBay; BNP; Paribas; BNY; Mellon; AM; BTG; Pactual; Deutsche; Dimensional; DWS; Edmond; de; Rothschild; F&C; Fidelity; Franklin; Templeton; GAM; GLG; Goldman; Sachs; ; Henderson; HSBC; ING; Invesco; Investec; iShares; JP; Morgan; Julius; Baer; LarrainVial; M&G; Matthews; MFS; Morgan; Stanley; Natixis; Oppenheimer; Pictet; PIMCO; Pioneer; Robeco; Schroder; SEB; State; Street; Swiss & Global; Threadneedle; TIAA-CREF; UBS; Van; Eck; Vanguard; Vontobel; WisdomTree.
