Itajubá Investimentos' Carlos Garcia believes the reduction of local interest rates may attract Brazilian investors to global offerings, but cautioned that pension funds still need to be convinced to diversify.
JP Morgan to build out Latam presence with Mexican and Colombian offices
April 10, 2017 by
The offices add to JPM's asset management operations in Chile and Brazil.
Chilean AFPs showed renewed interest for US equities ahead of of November elections
December 10, 2016 by
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.
Chilean AFPs boost exposure to Latin America and Japan in September
December 1, 2016 by
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.
Citi Private Bank continues to build out Latin American team
September 29, 2016 by
As newly named head of the Latin American multi-asset trading & advisory team, Nicolas Schmidt-Urzua will be responsible for providing complex trading solutions to the firm’s most sophisticated capital markets clients, including active traders.
Chilean AFPs added allocations to Asia and emerging-market-bond funds in August
September 22, 2016 by
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.
JPM Brazil launches Global HY Bond in local currency
August 3, 2016 by
"This new fund will have returns calculated by the local interbank deposit certificate rate – CDI + 3%,” said Giuliano De Marchi, head of sales for Latam.
Stronger Real spurs selloff of international funds in Brazil
July 25, 2016 by
BB DTVM's major partners are BlackRock, Nordea, JP Morgan and Schroders, who represent more than 70% of total AUM of its international products, said Ricardo Forni, product manager.
Chilean AFPs bolt from global equity May
June 24, 2016 by
AFPs cut their positions in May from over two dozen Asia-oriented funds and ETFs, while also trimming their exposure to Japanese, North American and European equity, leading to a net redemption of USD 1.9 billion in the fifth straight month of equity outflows.
JP Morgan AM takes minority stake in ETF provider Global X
May 2, 2016 by
"Investing in Global X augments our ETF strategy by expanding and deepening our participation in this fast-growing industry," said Jed Laskowitz, co-head of global investment management solutions for JP Morgan Asset Management.
