Along with other Chilean asset managers, Larrain doesn't see the point in doing locally-domiciled fund launches when the end client is a regional institutional investor. Registering in Luxembourg seems to make more sense for the additional doors it opens for smaller managers.
League Table – Assets Gathered by Cross-Border Fund Managers – Latin American Institutional Market – June 2013
December 2, 2013 by
Includes assets gathered by cross-border fund managers in the following markets: Chilean pension funds (AFPs), mutual funds (AGFs) and life insurers, Colombian pension funds (AFPs), Mexican pension funds (Afores) and mutual funds (OFIs) and Peruvian pension funds (AFPs). Period: Six months ending June 30, 2013.
USD2 billion pension portfolio in Latam whets appetite of Itaú AGF
May 23, 2012 by
The local manager of the Brazilian group has just registered a mutual fund with the Risk Rating Commission and hopes to attract investments from pension funds.
Felipe Godard appointed new Head of Deutsche Wealth Management Latin America
August 13, 2013 by
He will be based in Geneva, Switzerland and will report to Haig Ariyan and Chip Packard, Co-Heads of Wealth Management, Americas.
Transfers begin to affect pension funds’ portfolio strategy
July 11, 2013 by
AFPs could be looking for more liquid instruments to deal with mass changes, such as happened in April at the suggestion of a pension consultant.
