AFPs increased exposure to US equities, adding USD 338 million in the month. In contrast, they shed positions in Japanese and emerging-market-equity funds.
Singular AGF expands local ETF offering in Chile with Nasdaq 100 product
Singular's Pablo Jaque said the ETF gives any investor with 1,000 Chilean pesos access to global companies that are leading the technological revolution.
Chilean AFPs re-embraced equities while dumping some fixed-income positions in September
Meanwhile, by vehicle type, ETFs received net subscriptions of USD 45 million while sales of cross-border mutual funds took in USD 355 million.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – November 2021
Pictet, Fidelity, Robeco, Neuberger Berman, Francisco Partners, StepStone Group and NREP AB were the fund sponsors gaining approval for new products.
Vanguard’s Emerging Markets Bond Fund attracts AFP allocations prior to CCR’s green light
Vanguard's Mauro Favini said the product attracted attention by its ability to generate alpha in this asset class and its unique investment process.
Vector builds its research capacity amid boom in equity investing
Pablo Torroella Soto, asset management CEO at Vector, looks to provide more and better tools to his team. They have opened a Quant Lab and are focusing more on ESG.
Colombian AFPs stocked up on US Equity and EMD in August
Colombian AFPs channeled USD 150 million in new investments into specialized US equity products - mostly passive - in the month of August.
Chilean AFP positions in international funds and ETFs continued to fall in August
AFPs had to shed positions in international funds and ETFs for a total of USD 1.1 billion in the month, shrinking exposure in these instruments to USD 86 billion at the end of August 2021.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – October 2021
A total of 21 products were added in the month from 10 different asset managers: Schroder, Invesco, JP Morgan, Moneda, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Janus Henderson, UBAM, Vanguard and KKR.
Investment abroad slowed in 3Q 2021, but managers are still high on Brazil
"Throughout 2021, we have observed a significant increase in the demand for investment funds abroad," says Renata Cypreste, commercial head of BB DTVM