Increasingly there is an offer of diversification and specialization in investments in Mexico and that is where Pioneer is finding its place, says Gustavo Lozano (photo), country manager in Mexico.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – June 2014
Barings, through its local distributor BTG Pactual, led with seven funds listed in June. Dimensional Fund Advisors and BNY Mellon also had a multiple of funds approved for the month.
League Table – Assets Gathered by Cross-Border Fund Managers and ETFs Sponsors –Colombian Pension Funds – April 2014
Includes assets gathered by cross-border fund managers and ETFs sponsors in the Colombian pension funds market. Also includes monthly inflows / outflows and market share. Data as of April 30, 2014.
Companies mentioned in this report: iShares; Dimensional; Aberdeen; Investec; Franklin Templeton; Morgan Stanley; BlackRock, ING; MFS; Amundi; Fidelity; Matthews Funds; Invesco; JP Morgan; BBH; Deka; AllianceBernstein; LarrainVial; AZ Fund Management; BNY Mellon; BNP Mellon; HSBC; BNP Paribas; Allianz; Lyxor; Protección; Porvenir; Colfondos; Skandia; Horizonte; HSBC; FiduDavivienda; FiduColombia.
Colombia – AFP Report Statistics – April 2014
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 April 30, 2014.
Companies mentined in this report: iShares; State Street; Vanguard; Dimensional; Vontobel; Aberdeen; Franklin Templeton; Investec; Morgan Stanley; Robeco; ProShares; BBH; JP Morgan; PowerShares; Schroder; ING; Pictet; Amundi; Matthews Funds; Fidelity; WisdomTree; MFS; Pioneer; BlackRock; PIMCO; Invesco; Deka; LarrainVial; AllianceBernstein; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; AZ Fund Management; Lyxor; Porvenir; Proteccion; Horizonte; Colfondos; Skandia.
Flow Report – Colombian Pension Funds (Obligatory + Voluntary) Investments in Cross-Border Funds and ETFs – April 2014
Excel workbook detailing inflows/outflows of Colombian pension funds into international funds / ETFs. Includes names of all funds/ETFs as well as amounts invested in each. Data as of April 30, 2014.
Companies mentioned in this report: Dimensional; Vontobel; Aberdeen; Franklin Templeton; Investec; Robeco; Morgan Stanley; Schroder; JP Morgan; MFS; ING; BBH; Pictet; Amundi; Matthews Funds; Fidelity; BlackRock; Pioneer; WisdomTree; Invesco; Deka; LarrainVial; AllianceBernstein; AZ Fund Management; BNP Paribas; BNY Mellon; HSBC; Allianz; iShares; State Street; Vanguard; Proshares; PowerShares; Pimco; Van Eck; Lyxor; Protección; Porvenir; Colfondos; Skandia; Horizonte; HSBC; FiduDavivienda.
Holdings Report – Colombian Pension Fund Investment in Cross-Border Securities – April 2014
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 April 30, 2014.
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; N/A; Pictet; Pimco; Pioneer; PowerShares; Robeco; Schroder; State Street; Van Eck; Vanguard; Vontobel; WisdomTree; Proteccion; Porvenir; Colfondos; Skandia; HSBC; FiduDavivienda; Colseguros; Popular; Alianza.
Pension managers may be showing renewed interest in active funds
Even though Peruvian pension managers' positions in ETFs continue to increase, distributors detect an opening to other portfolio management models.
Más Fondos sold to Italian financial advisory
Más Fondos distributes third-party funds and had asset under custody equal to USD 547 million as of May 2014. Through the partnership, Azimut and Más Fondos will develop an integrated platform centered on a proprietary financial-advisor network.
League Table – Assets Gathered by Cross-Border Fund Managers – Chilean Institutional Market – March 2014
Includes assets gathered by cross-border fund managers in the Chilean pension funds (AFPs), mutual funds (AGFs) and life insurers. Period: three months ending March 31, 2014.
Companies mentioned in this report: iShares; Vanguard; Aberdeen; Franklin Templeton; Investec; Axa; Schroders; Fidelity; Pioneer; JP Morgan; Invesco; BNP Paribas; State Street; Robeco; Dimensional; Julius Baer; BlackRock; BNY Mellon; Deutsche; Goldman Sachs; Pictet; Ashmore; PIMCO; BlueBay; WisdomTree; Threadneedle; Vontobel; ING; Matthews Funds; Allianz and Others.
Madero: Subadvisory agreement with LyonRoss gives small investors access to alternative strategies
Alonso Madero (photo), director of Actinver Investment, acknowledges "the need to bring innovative products" to the firm's platform, as a way of competing with bank-owned managers and offering clients higher returns with excessive equity exposure.






