Afore XXI Banorte lines up three more mandates, including Asian equities and commodities

With these three mandates, the country's largest Afore plans to increase its international investments up to 9% of its total assets under management - just over USD 3.2 billion out of a total of USD 36.4 billion managed, said Ignacio Saldaña, investment director.

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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.

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Afore XXI Banorte funds its first mandate with initial disbursement to BlackRock

Two years after naming Schroders and BlackRock winners of a USD 1.2 billion European mandate, Afore XXI Banorte disbursed USD 320 million to BlackRock. The mandate is the first to use the newly minted custody platform build by State Street.

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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.

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Exclusive: XXI Banorte selects managers for European mandate

In an interview with Fund Pro Latin America, the Afore, Mexico's largest with USD 42 billion in assets under management, shared the names of the two winning firms, and said it would allocate up to USD 250 million to each firm. Meanwhile, the pension manager also said selection of a custodian was not yet finalized and that another RFP was being readied. View article for full details.

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BBVA Sells Mexico Pension Fund to Banorte, IMSS for USD1.6 Billion

Grupo Financiero Banorte and Mexico’s Social Security Institute, known as IMSS, will each pay half of the price for the Afore Bancomer unit.

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The XXI-Banorte method includes mandates and commodities

Now that the two Afores have completed their merger, the new XXI-Banorte is ready to take full advantage of the regulatory changes in favor of opening to specialized managers and investments in commodities.

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Sale of BBVA Bancomer pensions could bring new players into the sector

The Latin America region is perceived as strong and growing, and the sale of BBVA Bancomer could place a brand in four countries with one operation. For Luis Sayeg Seade of Banamex, it would be interesting to see a Mexican player come out to fight in the region.

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