New investment rules have provoked a hiring spree among Chilean AFPs, which are revamping their organizational structures on the strategy side to best take advantage of new investment opportunities.
Leadership change announced at Sura-owned AFP Capital
Andrés Castro, whose career spanned three decades inside the Chilean AFP system, stepped down as chairman of Chilean pension manager AFP Capital. He was replaced by Juan Carlos Jobet, a Sura Asset Mgt. director who previously served in the Piñera government.
Chilean AFPs suffering small-scale exodus of talent
Jorge Valencia left AFP Habitat to join Banco Santander as head of global markets. AFPs are finding it difficult to retain executives as salaries tend to pale vs. those offered in the local asset-management market.
Sura adds cross-border Franklin Templeton funds to Chilean lineup
"Open architecture is a pillar of our model of unbiased advice," Renzo Vercelli, CEO of Corredores de Bolsa Sura, told Fund Pro Latin America. The Franklin funds join others sponsored by BlackRock, BTG Pactual and ING.
AFP Planvital names new chief of foreign investment
The new head replaces Javiera Prado, who left to join Vision Advisors as institutional manager some months ago.
A second ex-Sura CIO lands at HMC Itajubá
Mogrovejo is the second former CIO of a regional Sura-owned pension fund to join HMC Itajubá in the last 24 months. The first was Daniel Dancourt, previously CIO of Integra in Peru. Together, they managed approximately USD 50 billion in Sura pension AUM.