Afore Banamex ready to fund Asian mandates

Rodrigo Blancas, Afore Banamex's international equity portfolio manager, told Fund Pro Latin America that the funding to four global managers will total USD 500 and USD 600 million for the Asian market and will take place in October.

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Afore XXI Banorte lines up three more mandates, including Asian equities and commodities

With these three mandates, the country's largest Afore plans to increase its international investments up to 9% of its total assets under management - just over USD 3.2 billion out of a total of USD 36.4 billion managed, said Ignacio Saldaña, investment director.

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Afores: Cross-border funds are the logical alternative to cumbersome mandate process

"We have emphasized repeatedly their advantages and [cross-border funds] are a proven option; Peru, Chile and Colombia use them and capitalize on them," said Carlos Noriega, president of the local Afore trade group (Amafore).

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BNP Paribas outlines how mandate process in Mexico could be improved

Noting that the Afores were born in 1997 and turn 18 in 2015, Luis Palacio, sales director of BNP Paribas Investment Partners in Mexico, says: "They have reached legal age and must be allowed to make decisions like adults."

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Consar, Afores and global managers discuss speeding up the mandate process

Consar President Carlos Ramírez has met recently with the teams of Afore Banamex and two global managers with which the pension manager has funded mandates, Schroders and BlackRock.

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Custody issues delay Afore Sura mandate with four global firms

The pension manager hopes to fund this mandate - with Pioneer Investments, BlackRock, Investec Asset Management and Morgan Stanley - this year and will probably send a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a second mandate as well.

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Banamex awards new commodity mandate to three top global firms

The awarding of the mandate, as well as its size, is dependent upon the final design of the investment guidelines being drawn up by the Consar, Afore Banamex and the winners of the mandate.

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The three active Mexican Afore mandates are all with Banamex

With the mandate of up to USD 360 million to Pioneer, the Mexican pension industry now has three active mandates, all with Afore Banamex, totaling USD 1.2 billion.

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Consar discloses plans to speed up mandate process

Consar President Carlos Ramírez Fuentes (photo) is convinced that mandates are a tool the Afores should be using more. He told Fund Pro Latin America that the pension regulator is doing its best to speed up the mandate process.

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Consar greenlights funding of USD 400 million Banamex mandate with Pioneer

The president of the Consar, Carlos Ramírez Fuentes (photo), told Fund Pro Latin America that the agency believes mandates are quite important vehicles at the disposal of Afores, but acknowledged that the approval processes need to be sped up.

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