The agreement will grant a 30% exemption for these instruments from the current withholding on the capital gains.
Chilean financial institutions ready to adopt FATCA standard
The various industries involved and their partners are finalizing operational details for filing the information requested by the United States while waiting for the intergovernmental agreement.
Bice Inversiones aims to strengthen its offer in Asia
The distributor is looking for a manager specializing in Asia to complement its existing offer. Bice currently distributes funds of Goldman Sachs, Van Eck, Nordea, and TIAA-CREF.
Regulatory change extends fixed income spectrum for AFPs
The E fund will soon be able to invest in mutual funds and fixed income ETFs, even though up to 10% of the portfolio of these instruments relates to the restricted category.
Gonzalo Binello will move to London to take up a new role in Schroders
In February, Gonzalo Binello, the Head of Distribution Latin America (ex-Brazil) of Schroders, will move to London to take up a new role in the Global Financial Institution Group (GFIG).
BBVA may sell Latam pension businesses
Spain's No.2 bank BBVA may sell its Latin American pension fund businesses, joining the ranks of banks looking to shed operations outside their main markets to reduce risks and meet tougher capital rules.
BBVA Bancomer and Pioneer Investment join forces in Nasdaq equity fund
Pioneer will advise BBVA Bancomer on managing the BBVANDQ fund, targeted at clients of investment and private banking, whose objective is to generate differential returns on the benchmark index through active management.
Transfers begin to affect pension funds’ portfolio strategy
AFPs could be looking for more liquid instruments to deal with mass changes, such as happened in April at the suggestion of a pension consultant.
Santander sells 50% of fund unit to Warburg, General Atlantic
The business was valued at about EUR2 billion, or nearly USD2.7 billion.
Idea of raising the pension contribution percentage gains ground
A state AFP is one of the proposals with most impact on presidential candidates, but would not have the support of the technical people.



