Chart comparing levels of pension fund system investments in international mutual funds and other international securities. Data from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Data broken out by instrument, Year-end totals from December 2010 through 2015, and as of November 30, 2015.
Latin American Pension Fund Investments in Cross-Border Securities – November 2015
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Colombia – AFP Report Statistics – November 2015
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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 November 30, 2015.
Companies mentioned in this report: iShares; State Street; Vanguard; Dimensional; Vontobel; Deutsche; Aberdeen; Franklin Templeton; Investec; Morgan Stanley; Robeco; BBH; JP Morgan; Schroders; NN IP; Pictet; Amundi; Matthews Funds; Fidelity; WisdomTree; MFS; Pioneer; BlackRock; PIMCO; Invesco; Deka; AllianceBernstein; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; AZ Fund Management; Goldman Sachs; Julius Baer; Threadneedle; Mandarine; Horizons; Allianz; Neuberger Berman; Porvenir; Proteccion; Horizonte; Colfondos; Old Mutual.
Holdings Report – Colombian Pension Fund Investment in Cross-Border Securities – November 2015
February 2, 2016 by
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. Data as of November 30, 2015.
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; Old Mutual; Pictet; Pimco; Pioneer; PowerShares; Robeco; Schroder; State Street; Van Eck; Vanguard; Vontobel; WisdomTree; Proteccion; Porvenir; Colfondos; Old Mutual; HSBC; FiduDavivienda; Colseguros; Popular; Alianza; Correval.
Chilean Mutual Fund Industry Net New Investments (NNI) Report – December 2015
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Excel workbook detailing net new investments (NNI) of all locally registered Chilean mutual funds, asset managers and industry sectors. Also includes monthly and year to date NNI data by asset class, region, sector and manager by sector. Data as of December 30, 2015.
Companies mentioned in this report: Banchile; BancoEstado; BBVA; Bci; BGT Pactual; Celfin; Compass; CorpBanca; Cruz del Sur; EuroAmerica; IM Trust; Itaú; LarrainVial; Nevasa HMC; Penta; Principal; Santander; Scotia; Security; Sura; Zurich.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – January 2016
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A total of 19 products were added in January to the list of approved instruments to receive investments from Chilean Pension Managers (AFPs). Petercam, Highland Funds, AZ Multi Asset, MAN-GLG, Invesco, PIMCO and Pictet were among the managers registering products.
Distributors are hopeful that Colombian regulator’s proposed changes will stick
January 28, 2016 by
Daniel Navajas of Compass Group viewed positively the proposed changes, which include increased access to alternatives, investment in high-yield bond funds and hedge funds, and AFP access to cross-border funds that might have a shareholder owning more than 10%.
Chilean AFPs boosted European equity holdings in December while fleeing from high-yield bonds
January 28, 2016 by
December was tough on funds of AXA and BTG Pactual, while Deutsche and Henderson benefited from investment in Europe and PIMCO and JPM took advantage of AFP interest in low volatility fixed-income products.
BlackRock loses top executive at Brazilian office
January 28, 2016 by
A replacement has not yet been named for Bruno Stein, who played a key role in getting iShares listed on the local exchange and also pioneered in landing the first Brazilian pension allocations in cross-border funds.
Itaú shopping for private-banking operations in Argentina and Mexico
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Argentina and Mexico are the markets Itaú is considering for expansion, according to Ricardo Villela Marino, executive vice president and board member of the Brazilian behemoth.
Ex-Pinebridge manager Rafael Mendoza takes charge of Investec’s GSF Latin American Equity fund
January 28, 2016 by
Compass Group's Carina Güerisoli, who previously ran the fund, will continue to run Investec's Latin American Smaller Companies fund.
