Power Shares, State Street, and BlackRock’s iShares are the top three ETF families receiving investments from the AFPs. Meanwhile, Henderson, Julius Baer, and Aberdeen are among the leading mutual fund managers.
Peruvian AFP cross-border investments reached 34.84% of total portfolio in November
BTG Pactual launches local fund with international investment strategy
The launch is the latest in a series of new-product introductions in the USD 1 trillion Brazilian fund market aimed at providing local investors with some diversification out of local risk.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – December 2013
A rundown of the financial instruments approved, rejected and affirmed by the Comisión Clasificadora de Riesgo. Month of December 2013. Goldman Sachs got another two products listed: Global Strategic Income Bond Portfolio and Global US Real Estate Balanced Portfolio.
Holdings Report – Assets Gathered by Cross-Border Fund Managers and ETF Sponsors – Colombian Pension Fund Market – October 2013
Excel workbook detailing Colombian AFP allocations to mutual fund managers and ETF sponsors. Data as of October 31, 2013.
Companies mentioned in this report: Dimensional, Vontobel, Aberdeen, Franklin Templeton, Investec, Robeco, Morgan Stanley, Schroder, JP Morgan, MFS, ING, BBH, Pictet, Amundi, Matthews Funds, Fidelity, BlackRock, Pioneer, WisdomTree, Invesco, Deka, LarrainVial, AllianceBernstein, AZ Fund Management, BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon, HSBC, Allianz, iShares, State Street, Vanguard, Proshares, PowerShares, Pimco, Van Eck, Lyxor, Protección, Porvenir, Colfondos, Skandia, Horizonte, HSBC, FiduDavivienda, Popular, Colseguros, FiduColombia.
Holdings Report – Colombian Pension Fund Investment in Cross-Border Securities – October 2013
Excel workbook detailing Colombian pension fund (Obligatory + Voluntary) allocations to cross-border mutual funds, ETFs, private equity funds, bonds, stocks and other securities. Includes names of all securities as well as amounts invested in each. Also included is a breakdown of offshore allocations by asset class.
Companies mentioned in this report: Aberdeen; AllianceBernstein; Allianz; Amundi; AZ Fund Management; BBH; BlackRock; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; Deka; Dimensional; Fidelity; Franklin Templeton; HSBC; ING; Invesco; Investec; iShares; JP Morgan; LarrainVial; Lyxor; Matthews Funds; MFS; Morgan Stanley; N/A; Pictet; Pimco; Pioneer; PowerShares; ProShares; Robeco; Schroder; State Street; Van Eck; Vanguard; Vontobel; WisdomTree; Proteccion; Porvenir; Colfondos; Horizonte; Skandia; HSBC; FiduDavivienda; FiduColombia; Colseguros; Fiduciar.
AFPs are also looking favorably at unified fund law
The elimination of capital-gains taxes on some local vehicles could encourage more foreign participation, contributing to more liquidity in types of products that are heavily dependent on AFP investment.
Colombian AFP Pension Fund Industry Statistics – September 2013
Excel workbook detailing, over various time periods, asset totals and affiliate trends among Colombian AFP pension funds. Data as of September 30, 2013.
Companies mentioned in this report: AFP Protección, AFP Porvenir, AFP Horizonte, AFP Colfondos, AFP Skandia
Holdings Report – Assets Gathered by Cross-Border Fund Managers – Latin American Institutional Market – September 2013
Excel workbook detailing assets gathered by cross-border fund managers in the following markets: Chilean pension funds (AFPs) and mutual funds, Colombian pension funds (AFPs), Mexican pension funds (Afores) and mutual funds and Peruvian pension funds (AFPs) . Data as of September 30, 2013.
Companies mentioned in this report: Aberdeen; Franklin Templeton; Fidelity; Investec; Schroders; Dimensional; Axa; Vanguard; JP Morgan; Julius Baer; Robeco; BNP Paribas; Pioneer; BlackRock; Invesco; BNY Mellon AM; Goldman Sachs; Vontobel; Pictet; Deutsche; Ashmore; PIMCO; Allianz; Threadneedle; Matthews Funds; Aviva Investors; MFS; HSBC; BlueBay; AllianceBernstein; Morgan Stanley; UBS; Edmond de Rothschild; LarrainVial; M&G; BBH; BTG Pactual; ING; Muzinich; Janus; Amundi; Henderson; F&C; GAM; WisdomTree; SEB; Principal; GLG; TIAA-CREF; Alfred Berg; EDM; Deka; Oppenheim Pramerica; Nomura; Credit Suisse; Legg Mason; WestLB; La Française AM; Carmignac; Brown Advisory; Santander; Dexia; AZ Fund Management; REYL; PineBridge; Natixis; Nordea; Manulife; Raiffeisen; Baring; EuroAmerica; Traditional Funds; Schwab; Skandia; East Capital; Bestinver; Neuberger Berman; Baron; First State Investments; Lombard Odier; T. Rowe Price; SEI; NEVASA HMC
Ricciardi to join Deutsche Bank as head of Latam Global Transacion Banking
Ricciardi will report to Susan Skerritt, Head of Global Transaction Banking Americas and Shahrokh Moinian, Head of Trade Finance and Cash Management Corporates for the Americas. She will be based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Peruvian AFPs ask SBS to consider Latam allocations as “local” investments
The maneuver would free up another 4% of quota for investing in cross-border instruments domiciled outside of the region.






