While Vanguard led with six ETFs registered in the month, all of them UCITs products, BlackRock and Morgan Stanley each won approval for three of their mutual funds.
Western Asset readies global funds for local launch in Brazil
March 26, 2015 by
Brazilian-based Western Asset is planning to launch funds with strategies in global fixed income in early July, when CVM Instruction 555 comes into force. The instruction brought major changes to investment funds, including making it easier to create and distribute funds of cross-border funds.
AGF Security relaunches Portafolio family using volatility-based risk profiles
March 26, 2015 by
"We took two years to perfect this new methodology, and we are very happy with the results," said investment manager Pablo Jaque. "We are really very motivated with this internal development."
First Trust wins approval to sell AlphaDEX ETFs in Chilean market
March 26, 2015 by
The CCR's action has enabled First Trust to "further expand the footprint of our merit-based AlphaDEX ETFs into a new institutional market," said Dan Lindquist, managing director of First Trust.
A MILA fund platform? Chilean execs don’t see it working
March 26, 2015 by
Initiative of the Mutual Fund Association seems like more of a political announcement than a project with a real future, sources told Fund Pro Latin America.
League Table – Assets Gathered by Distributors of Cross-Border Funds and ETFs – Chilean AFP Market – February 2015
March 19, 2015 by
This league table provides a ranking of all distributors of cross-border funds and ETFs, by AUM and market share, and a listing of the brands that each distributor represents in dealings with Chilean pension managers. It also includes annual inflows/outflows by cross-border brand. Data as of February 28, 2015.
Companies mentioned in this report: Aberdeen; Alfred Berg; AllianceBernstein; Allianz; Altis; Ashmore; Aviva Investors; Axa; Bice; BlackRock; BlueBay; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; BNY Mellon AM; BTG Pactual; Capital Advisors; Compass Group; Credit Suisse; Deka; Deutsche; Dimensional; DWS; Econsult; Edmond de Rothschild; Eurizon; EuroAmerica; Falcon; F&C; Fidelity; Franklin Templeton; GAM; GLG; Goldman Sachs ; Henderson; HMC Capital; HSBC; IM Trust; ING; Invesco; Investec; iShares; JP Morgan; Julius Baer; LAAMA; LarrainVial; Latinus; M&G; Matthews Funds; MFS; Morgan Stanley; Natixis; Nomura; Oaktree; Oddo; Oppenheimer; Pictet; Picton Advisors; Pimco; Pioneer; Pioneer Chile; Robeco; Schroders; SEB; State Street; Swiss Advisors; Threadneedle; TIAA-CREF; UBS; Van Eck; Vanguard; Vision Advisors; Vontobel; WAC research; WisdomTree; Security; Muzinich.
League Table – Assets Gathered by Cross-Border Fund Managers & ETF Sponsors – Chilean AGF Market – February 2015
March 19, 2015 by
Excel workbook detailing assets gathered by cross-border fund managers and ETF sponsors in the Chilean mutual funds market. Also includes monthly inflows / outflows and market share. Data as of February 28, 2015.
Companies mentioned in this report: Santander; Principal; Banchile; LarrainVial; BCI; Bice; Sura; Security; Cruz del Sur; CorpBanca; Pactual; Euroamerica; Zurich; Penta; Scotia Ch; Itaú; BBVA; Aberdeen; AllianceBernstein; Allianz; Amundi; Ashmore; Aviva Investor; Axa; Baring; Baron; Bestinver; BlackRock; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon AM; Bradesco; Brown Advisory; BTG Pactual; Carmignac; Claymore; Credit Suisse; Deutsche; Dexia; Direxion Shares; East Capital; Edmond de Rothschild; EGShares; ETF Securities; F&C; Fidelity; First State Investments; First Trust; Franklin Templeton; GAM; Global X; Goldman Sachs; Guggenheim; Henderson; HSBC; IndexIQ; ING; Invesco; Investec; iShares; JP Morgan; Julius Baer; La Française AM; Legg Mason; Lombard Odier; Old Mutual; M&G; Manulife; Matthews; MFS; Morgan Stanley; Muzinich; Natixis; Neuberger Berman; NEVASA HMC; Nomura; Nordea; Pictet; PIMCO; PineBridge; Pioneer; PowerShares; Proshares; Raiffeisen; REYL; Robeco; Schwab; SEI; State Street; T. Rowe Price; Threadneedle; TIAA-CREF; Traditional Funds; United States Commodity Fund; Van Eck; Vanguard; Vontobel; WisdomTree; Yacktman AM.
HMC Itajubá to lead Bradesco’s Lux-fund distribution in Latin American markets
March 19, 2015 by
Bradesco's objective for Latin America is to use HMC Itajubá for distribution of the funds in almost all countries. said Luiz Osório Leão Filho, international business development manager at BRAM.
Investors plowed USD 500 million into Banamex’s line of international funds in 2014
March 19, 2015 by
Sergio Covarrubias, director of mutual funds at Grupo Financiero Banamex, spoke to Fund Pro about future plans for the international fund family, which already includes relationships with Franklin Templeton, BNP Paribas, BlackRock, and others.
Franklin: Change in Mexican investment culture must accompany open-architecture framework
March 19, 2015 by
Franklin's local director, Hugo Petricioli, said that while third-party fund platforms have existed for some years, the investment culture in Mexico has remained very narrowly focused on short-term fixed-income proprietary products sold by banks, and investors have not bothered to look around for alternatives.
