The more aggressive multifunds will eventually be able to allocate up to 15% of their assets to alternatives; however, initially the Central Bank is allowing a maximum of 10% in the type A fund.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – October 2017
While First Trust led with four ETFs registered in the month, while AllianceBernstein, Axa, LarrainVial and Credicorp Capital also won approval for funds of their own.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – September 2017
Eurizon led with three mutual funds registered in the month, all of them domiciled in Luxembourg, followed by PineBridge and UBAM, each with two funds approved.
New advisory designation marks resumption of private-banking activity in Argentina
While local companies can fit into this category, it is expected that foreign banks that left the country due to lack of legal protections will try to make landfall again in Buenos Aires. To do this they will have to open offices in the country and register as an AAGI.
Chilean regulator on verge of publishing alternatives regulations
AFPs will likely be able to invest between 5% and 15% of their AUM in this asset class. Some distributors, such as Ignacio Montes of Credicorp Capital, had been hoping for sublimits to promote more real-estate and infrastructure investment.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – August 2017
Investec and Morgan Stanley had two products each registered, while JP Morgan and Lord Abbett followed completed the list with one fund each.
Piñera’s pension proposal likely to encourage cross-border investment
The candidate's campaign released a proposal that would boost employer contributions by 4%, all of it channeled to AFPs, as opposed to the current government's plan to use a government-supervised fund outside the purview of the AFP industry.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – July 2017
Only three products were added in the month from three different asset managers: HSBC, Macquarie and Kames Capital.
Insurers strengthen their role as institutional investors in Mexico
With 55 billion in technical reserves, insurers are now allowed to invest 10% in government debt, 50% in equities, 5% in private equity funds, 25% in real estate, 20% in structured, 10% in loans and up to 20% in foreign securities listed on the SIC.
Central Bank boosts international limit for Peruvian AFPs
The increase will encourage AFPs to continue to diversify their investments abroad just as they approached the previous limit of 44%.