Valores Bancolombia is already trading 10 new BlackRock ETFs registered in the Colombian Global Market. Individual investors now have local access to some 20 iShares ETFs.
Global sponsors redouble their efforts to sell Smart Beta ETFs to Chilean pensions
Several foreign managers, including Vanguard, First Trust, Amundi and BlackRock are promoting their Smart Beta ETFs in the Chilean market, but uptake has been slow among AFPs.
The iShares business in Mexico enjoyed a 38% jump in organic growth in 2017
In an extended interview with Fund Pro Latin America, Nicolas Gomez, head of iShares for Latin America and Iberia, discussed the scope of ETF business in the region and BlackRock's asset-gathering approach from a distribution and product perspective.
ETF providers seek to fill “commodity gap” in AFP investment regime
While commodities are off limits in AFP portfolios, ETF distributors are promoting products that have high correlation to various commodities and offer negative correlation to pension portfolios. Alberto Menéndez of Credicorp Capital, distributor of State Street, is among them.