Chilean AFPs boost European and EMB positions in April

Total Chilean AFP assets abroad reached in April USD 62.7 billion and were at their highest level since October 2015. The increase from USD 61.7 billion was powered by returns, as the AFPs redeemed a net USD 177 in cross-border investments.

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Chilean AFPs cut Europe, Asia exposure in January while hiking North America

Schroders, Pimco, AXA and Fidelity benefited from AFP allocations to specialty fixed-income products. The first month of 2017 was positive for cross-border managers thanks in part to strong market returns.

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Chilean AFPs showed renewed interest for US equities ahead of of November elections

AFP exposure to North American equity hit a three-month-high of USD 10.4 billion in October, as managers plowed USD 438 million into the segment. Over the last three months, the SPDR S&P 500 has accumulated USD 1.2 billion in new AFP investment.

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Chilean AFPs boost exposure to Latin America and Japan in September

AFPs continued to withdraw from US equities, while plowing money into Latin America and Japan. High-yield bonds and emerging markets funds ended up on the losing end as well.

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Chilean AFPs added allocations to Asia and emerging-market-bond funds in August

Funds from Templeton and BlackRock led the advance in the Asian region, while an Asian products from Investec and a Japanese fund from Julius Baer were among the biggest losers in August, which was another bad month for US and European funds as well.

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Chilean AFPs bailed on US, Asian and European equities in July

Meanwhile, the fixed-income category received a USD 661 million allocation that reversed a USD 518 million outflow in June. AUMs of USD 17.5 billion in cross-border fixed income were at a 12-month high.

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Chilean AFPs chose emerging-markets bonds in March while dumping Asian equities

The AFPs made allocations to 14 emerging-markets-bond funds in March, with MS Emerging Markets Corporate Debt-Z and Investec Emerging Markets Corporate Debt-I Acc getting the lion's share of the action.

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US and Asian equity managers again pounded by Chilean AFPs

Chilean AFPs pulled investments in February from Asian and North American equities, as well as from high-yield bonds, in moves that hurt funds and ETFs like iShares Core S&P 500, Financial Select Sector SPDR, Investec Asian Equity and Axa US High Yield Bonds.

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