Distribution of foreign managers’ mutual funds grew in September, October and November, while AUMs of local mutual funds and closed-end funds held steady.
Chilean Mutual Fund Industry Statistics – December 2013
January 13, 2014 by
Excel workbook detailing, over various time periods, mutual fund industry asset growth by sector and managers. Data as of December 30, 2013.
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
Holdings Report – Chilean AFP Investment in Cross-Border Securities – December 2013
January 13, 2014 by
Excel workbook detailing Chilean pension fund allocations to cross-border mutual funds, ETFs, investment funds, bonds, stocks and other securities. Includes names of all securities as well as amounts invested in each. Date as of December 30, 2013.
Companies mentioned in this report: Aberdeen; Alfred Berg; AllianceBernstein; Allianz; Ashmore; Aviva Investors; Axa; Bank of America; Barclays Bank; BBH; BlackRock; BlueBay; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon AM; BTG Pactual; Celfin; Citibank NA; Compass; Deutsche; Deutsche Bank AG; Dimensional; Edmond de Rothschild; EuroAmerica; F&C; Fidelity; Franklin Templeton; GAM; GLG; Goldman Sachs; Henderson; HSBC; IM Trust; Independencia; ING; Invesco; Investec; iShares; JP Morgan; Julius Baer; LarrainVial; Las Americas; M&G; Matthews; MFS; Moneda; Morgan Stanley; Natixis; Nevasa HMC; Oppenheimer; Petrobras; Pictet; Picton; PIMCO; Pioneer; Robeco; Schroder; SEB; Security; State Street; State Street Bank and Trust; Threadneedle; TIAA-CREF; UBS; Van Eck; Vanguard; Vontobel; WisdomTree
Chilean Life Insurer Investments in International Funds – September 2013
January 9, 2014 by
Excel workbook detailing Chilean life insurer allocations to global fund managers. Includes names of all funds as well as amounts invested in each. Also included is a breakdown of offshore allocations by asset class and regional investment focus. Data as of September 30, 2013.
Companies mentioned in this report: ING; iShares; State Street; BlackRock; Morgan Stanley; Vontobel; Investec; Threadneedle; LarrainVial; Vanguard; JP Morgan; Fidelity; ProShares; Allianz; Baring; Pioneer; BNY Mellon AM; BNP Paribas; WisdomTree; Robeco; Schroder; Oppenheim; Baron; MFS; Invesco; Aberdeen; Capital Group; Franklin Templeton; Deka; Amundi; Pictet; Legg Mason; UBS; Euro America; Consorcio Nacional; Chilena Consolidada; Sura; Cruz del Sur; Principal; Bice; Corp; MetLife; Penta; Bci; Ohio National; Security
Unified fund law in Chile: On the road to Luxembourg?
January 6, 2014 by
While an exemption for foreign investors from the 35% capital gains tax on remittances is what is what drove interest in the law, other modifications to closed-end fund regulations should widen their appeal among all types of investor groups, both domestically and regionally.
Nevasa HMC seeks additional partnerships with global private-equity managers
January 3, 2014 by
While its main clients are Chilean AFPs, the manager is becoming interested in capital from private and institutional banks in the region, particularly Peru and Colombia. Currently, the firm has raised USD330 million in committed capital for three different funds.
Performance Report – Chilean AFP Investments in Cross-Border Funds and ETFs – December 2013
January 2, 2014 by
Excel workbook detailing, over various time periods, returns of each international fund/ETF receiving investments from Chilean AFP. Period ending December 31, 2013.
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; 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; Threadneedle; TIAA-CREF; UBS; Van; Eck; Vanguard; Vontobel; WisdomTree.
BBVA merger puts Corpbanca’s cross-border partnership in doubt
December 30, 2013 by
Corpbanca's recently formed agreement with Spanish-owned March Gestión de Fondos, which would have introduced the latter's products - or at least advisory skills - to the institutional market in Latin America - would appear to be in doubt in light of the proposed deal with BBVA.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – December 2013
December 26, 2013 by
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.
AFPs are also looking favorably at unified fund law
December 23, 2013 by
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.
