The CNBV's Eduardo Flores Herrera, who is responsible for supervising the creation of an open architecture framework and the financial institutions involved, said the new system would be up and running by December 2016.
Confirmed: New fund rules for Brazil delayed through October
June 18, 2015 by
the Anbima, which believes that the industry needs more time to adapt to the rules, which facilitate global investing, in order to create systems to control which clients can access certain types of funds.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – May 2015
June 4, 2015 by
May was a very active month for the Comisión Clasificadora de Riesgo, with 20 mutual funds added to the list and 27 products delisted. Candriam led with 11 funds registered in the month, while Pictet and Mirae each won approval for two of their mutual funds.
CCR Monthly Approval Report – April 2015
May 5, 2015 by
While Franklin Templeton and iShares led with nine mutual funds and 10 ETFs, respectively, registered in the month, Allianz, HSBC, Bluebay, NN IM, Pimco and Vanguard also won approval for products of their own.
Banorte-Ixe: Open architecture a laudable but challenging goal
April 17, 2015 by
"The principle that anyone can distribute any fund is laudable," but there must also be clear ground rules, a communication platform between fund managers and distributors, and and effort to improve financial literacy of clients, says Alejandro Aguilar Ceballos, CEO of Operadora de Fondos Banorte-Ixe.
Two sides to open architecture debate in Mexico: those who want it and those who don’t
April 9, 2015 by
The director of Allianz Fondika said the financial reform will be a watershed in the history of Mexico, since it will "crack open the oligopolistic control of the market" and allow for additional providers and better products to compete.
Foreign investors in Chilean funds get favorable tax treatment
April 9, 2015 by
Thanks to the recently-enacted Unified Fund Law (LUF), foreigners investing in Chilean-domiciled funds will be subject to a maximum 10% tax ceiling, even if direct investment in underlying assets is subject to a higher tax rates, says Luis Alberto Letelier, a legal advisor to the Chilean Association of Investment Fund Managers (ACAFI).
CCR Monthly Approval Report – March 2015
March 31, 2015 by
While Vanguard led with six ETFs registered in the month, all of them UCITs products, BlackRock and Morgan Stanley each won approval for three of their mutual funds.
A MILA fund platform? Chilean execs don’t see it working
March 26, 2015 by
Initiative of the Mutual Fund Association seems like more of a political announcement than a project with a real future, sources told Fund Pro Latin America.
Sura sees many pluses in open-architecture scheme in Mexico
March 11, 2015 by
If an open-architecture scheme is implemented industry-wide, the winners of this opening will be the end clients, intermediaries and the fund industry itself, Luis Ortiz, director of Investment Management at Sura Mexico, told Fund Pro Latin America.
