Since investing the mandated assets in iShares global-equity ETFs would mean paying a double fees to BlackRock, Afore Sura has modified its mandate with the global firm to a no-cost advisory agreement.
Afore Sura and BlackRock agree to swap USD 200 million mandate for advisory agreement
Sura launches Pacific Alliance bond fund
Sura's Juan David Perdomo said the Chile-domiciled fund will invest in government and corporate bonds throughout Chile, Mexico, Colombia and Peru. Mirror versions of the fund are expected in other jurisdictions.
Sura Mexico makes larger play for affluent business
Sura's "High-Net-Worth Plus" segment aims to attract clients based in part on personalized attention and access to international strategies, says Luis Ortiz, CEO of the voluntary business at Sura Mexico.
Afores boosted their private-equity exposure to 6% in 2015
During 2015 about USD 1 billion - through 19 issues - went to market, almost double the issues logged in the previous year. A local consulting firm says that there is another USD 1.9 billion dollars in the pipeline for upcoming CKDs.
Sura sees many pluses in open-architecture scheme in Mexico
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.
Afore Principal has global investment mandates on back burner
The regulator is very active and is making an effort to get the system working correctly, said Ramón Pando, Afore Director in Principal Financial Group Mexico (photo). But that means taking the time to align its processes according to Consar dictates. Mandates will have to wait, he said.
League Table – Assets Gathered by Cross-Border Fund Managers – Latin American Institutional Market – June 2013
Includes assets gathered by cross-border fund managers in the following markets: Chilean pension funds (AFPs), mutual funds (AGFs) and life insurers, Colombian pension funds (AFPs), Mexican pension funds (Afores) and mutual funds (OFIs) and Peruvian pension funds (AFPs). Period: Six months ending June 30, 2013.
Sura Group in Mexico moves toward open architecture
In a first step, an agreement was signed with Meridian Funds (MFS) to use them as underlying asset for investments by mutual funds in global equities in Mexico.
The process of setting up a mandate will be more flexible
Consar President Carlos Ramírez said that in the future not only will it take less time to set up new mandates, but there will be more interest in using them from other Afores. No progress on mutual funds.