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The Principal Financial Group Names Daniel J. Houston President & COO

The Principal Financial Group has announced the Board of Directors has elected Daniel J. Houston president and chief operating officer effective immediately. Houston will oversee all global businesses including Principal Global Investors, Principal International, Retirement and Investor Services, and U.S. Insurance Solutions. In addition, Houston was elected to the Board of Directors. Larry D. Zimpleman continues as chairman and chief executive officer. Zimpleman will continue to oversee the company growth strategy, capital management and deployment, and corporate functions.

“The Principal has seen strong growth since the financial crisis due to our global investment management strategy, solid execution and great people. Dan has played an integral role in shaping and executing that strategy,” Zimpleman said. “He brings excellent operational expertise and global awareness along with deep talent leadership skills. In Dan’s 30-year career at The Principal, he has been on the ground in the field, managed numerous businesses, and helped lead the transformation of The Principal to a global investment management leader, all which will give him a clear view of where we’ve been and where this organization will go in the future.”

Houston joined the company in 1984 as a sales representative in the Dallas group and pension office. From there, he held a number of management positions in the company. He was named executive vice president in 2006, president of retirement and investor services in 2008, and president of retirement, insurance and financial services in 2009. A native of Iowa and raised in Houston, Texas, Houston received his bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University in 1984. He is active on a number of boards including the Partnership for a Healthier America, Employee Benefits Research Institute, America’s Health Insurance Plans, United Way of Central Iowa, Mercy Medical Center and the Iowa State University Business School Dean’s Advisory Council.

Zimpleman joined the company in 1971 as an actuarial student and became a full-time actuary in 1973. From there, he rose to a number of management and leadership positions. He was named senior vice president in 1999, executive vice president in 2001, president of Retirement and Investor services in 2003, president and COO in 2006, president and CEO in 2008, and became chairman of the board in 2009.

Fitch Affirms J. Safra Asset Management Ltda.’s Rating at ‘Highest Standards’

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Fitch Ratings has affirmed the International Scale Asset Manager Rating at ‘Highest Standards’ for J. Safra Asset Management Ltda. The Rating Outlook remains Stable.

The ‘Highest Standards’ rating for J. Safra Asset reflects Fitch’s view that the company’s investment platform and operating framework are superior relative to the standards applied by international institutional investors.

The rating affirmation of J. Safra Asset reflects its well-formalized and consistent practices for investment process, risk controls and compliance, in addition to its robust and segregated structures for fiduciary administration and custody, in line with the best practices in the market. The rating also benefits from the solid franchise of the parent, Banco Safra S.A. (Banco Safra; Issuer Default Rating [IDR] ‘BBB’/Outlook Stable), the fifth largest private financial conglomerate in Brazil, from the company’s continuous investments in technology, satisfactory distribution channels and corporate structure of the group.

J. Safra Asset’s rating applies to its Brazilian domiciled investment activities and does not include offshore, private banking, wealth management, fund of funds, real estate funds, fiduciary administration and custody operations. Those areas have their own processes and policies, which are segregated from the traditional fund management.

Fitch believes that J. Safra Asset’s main challenges are: to increase its participation in higher value added funds, in the face of stronger competition; to keep a competitive edge using a lean investment personnel structure and to sustain a consistent performance mainly in the multimarket funds class.

The ‘Highest Standards’ rating is based on the following assessments:

Company: Highest

Controls: Highest

Investments: Highest

Operations: Highest

Technology: High

Hermes Boosts its Emerging Markets Team with LatAm Senior Hire

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Hermes Investment Management has announced that Oliver Leyland, CFA, is joining its London-based emerging markets investment team as Head of Latin America and Senior Analyst.

Oliver joins from Mirae Asset Global Investments, where he was a Senior Equity Analyst based in New York covering Latin America and CEEMEA, as well as a member of the fund management team for GEM and global long-only equity products. Prior to this, Oliver had spent five years living in São Paulo, Brazil, where he was an Equity Analyst covering Latin America for Mirae. Further to this, Oliver previously worked at Citi in London as an Equity Analyst on its Pan-European Building and Construction team.

Reporting into Gary Greenberg, Head of Hermes Emerging Markets and Lead Portfolio Manager, the addition of Oliver brings the emerging markets team to nine and reinforces Hermes’ commitment to a responsible, disciplined and long-term approach to investing.

Gary Greenberg, Head of Hermes Emerging Markets and Lead Portfolio Manager, said: “Oliver joins our growing team with a wealth of Latin American experience at an interesting and critical time in the region’s development. His seven-plus years of experience covering Latin America, including his time in Brazil, will be invaluable as we continue to seek opportunities for investors in the region.”

The Hermes Emerging Markets portfolio was launched in 1993, giving it a respected track-record of over 20 years. The team’s approach combines top-down and bottom-up analysis to find quality companies trading at attractive valuations, in countries with conditions that are supportive to growth.

México concreta su entrada al MILA, que se materializará en enero de 2015

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La Bolsa Mexicana de Valores informó este lunes de que, en referencia al evento relevante divulgado el 19 de junio de este año en relación a la incorporación del mercado de valores mexicano al Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano (MILA), se han firmado convenios de integración bilaterales entre la BMV con la Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, con la Bolsa de Valores de Lima y con la Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago. Adicionalmente, la subsidiaria de la BMV, S.D. Indeval Institución para el Depósito de Valores, ha suscrito convenios de apertura de cuenta y prestación de servicios con los Depósitos de Colombia, Perú y Chile.

El inicio de la negociación con valores que formen parte de MILA se dará una vez que se cumplan las condiciones establecidas en el Reglamento Interior y Manual Operativo de la BMV y de S.D. Indeval.

A partir de enero 2015 iniciará la primera operación de la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV) en el Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano (MILA).

Una vez que se confirme que se pueden realizar intercambios operativos “en todos los sentidos” entre las cuatro plazas bursátiles, y su funcionalidad, la Bolsa de Valores de Lima, la Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, la Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago y la BMV acordarán el “banderazo de salida”.

“El valor de capitalización de las tres plazas del MILA es de 602.000 millones de dólares y el de México es de 527.000 millones. El valor conjunto de las cuatro supera los 1.100 millones, con lo que estaríamos muy cerca del que tiene el Bovespa”.

Algunas casas de bolsa de México han acudido a la integración de la BMV a MILA, para acercarse con los centros bursátiles e intermediarios de esos países.

La reunión fue denominada como “Encuentro de Corredores” en las plazas bursátiles de cada nación, con el objetivo de consolidar alianzas para el ruteo de órdenes mediante acuerdos de corresponsalía y capacitación por parte de las bolsas.

Las casas de bolsa en México que participaron fueron GBM, Interacciones, Credit Suisse, Deutsche y Valmex.

En esas distintas jornadas, los representantes de Grupo BMV presentaron el mercado mexicano su estructura, estadísticas, modelo y sistemas de liquidación y custodias.

New Governance for BNP Paribas’ Corporate and Institutional Banking Division

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BNP Paribas has announced a new governance for its Corporate and Institutional Banking division, previously called Corporate and Investment Banking. This new CIB is centred on two client franchises, corporates and institutionals.

To best serve institutional clients with a comprehensive range of solutions, BNP Paribas Securities Services comes under the governance of the new CIB, while remaining a separate legal entity. This new CIB also aims to promote dialogue between institutional and corporate clients, thanks to a more collaborative and efficient structure, which will facilitate the implementation of the Group’s business development plan.

In addition, to simplify the regional approach, the North and Latin America regions, and the Europe and MEA regions, will be combined to create two larger regions: Americas and EMEA. The APAC region remains unchanged.

In EMEA a simpler organisation for seamless service for corporate clients will be structured around: Corporate Clients Financing and Advisory EMEA on one side, and Country Management and Corporate Trade and Treasury Solutions EMEA, on the other side.

BNP Paribas CIB is a provider of financial solutions to corporate and institutional clients worldwide and this new governance will strengthen its existing strong franchises in Transaction Banking, Specialised Financing, Derivatives, Advisory and Capital Markets where it is a top European house in ECM and a global leader in DCM.

Institutional clients globally: a collaborative approach to increase depth of service

In order to provide to our institutional clients a wider access to the best of BNP Paribas CIB’s products and services, and to position the Bank as their strategic partner, the solutions provided by BNP Paribas CIB will now be structured around:

A newly created Global Markets which will provide an offer across all asset classes, building on global business lines, financing and prime services capabilities, and regional franchises. A solid presence in the regions will be key to support BNP Paribas CIB’s regional development plans.
BNP Paribas Securities Services will continue offering its current spectrum of solutions and will remain a separate legal entity, with its own commercial and operational autonomy.
Financial Institutions Coverage will offer global coverage for all CIB and other Group businesses across all institutional client segments.

Corporate clients in EMEA: a simpler governance for seamless service

For its corporate clients, BNP Paribas CIB offers facilitated relations and the benefit of its entire range of solutions: a well-established geographic presence and local expertise; the know-how of its coverage bankers and product experts; a robust, industrialised flow banking platform.

In line with the creation of the EMEA region, the activities dedicated to the corporate clientele are grouped into two business lines:

Corporate Clients Financing and Advisory EMEA will bring all of BNP Paribas CIB’s expertise to address the investment and financing needs of CIB’s corporate clients. This business line will group all types of Coverage, the Financing businesses and Corporate Finance.

Country Management and Corporate Trade and Treasury Solutions EMEA will deliver a transversal and industrialised platform for our corporate clients’ flow banking needs. This group will include Energy and Commodities Finance Europe, Trade and Banking Flow, Cash Management, Corporate Deposit Line, Trade and Deposit Product Development.

Yann Gérardin, head of BNP Paribas CIB, stated: “The banking industry has changed dramatically, and not only in terms of regulations. Business models are being industrialised, rationalised, digitalised. Clients are expecting us to serve them holistically with added-value and industrialised solutions. Our new CIB focusing on our two client franchises of corporates and institutionals will allow us to meet their expectations more simply and more efficiently. And it will also reinforce our capacity to achieve our development plans as announced earlier this year.”

To support this strategic initiative, BNP Paribas announces the following appointments (effective 5 January 2015):

In addition to his current responsibilities, Jean-Yves Fillion is appointed head of the Americas for CIB.

Thomas Mennicken is appointed Head of Corporate Clients Financing and Advisory EMEA, under the supervision of Thierry Varène, appointed Chairman of Corporate Clients Financing and Advisory EMEA. Thierry Varène will maintain the steering responsibility of the commercial activities for the largest clients. Thomas Mennicken will maintain his current responsibilities at BNP Paribas Fortis CIB. Reporting to Thomas Mennicken are: Yannick Jung who is appointed Head of Corporate Coverage EMEA  Bruno Tassart who is appointed Head of Financing Solutions EMEA Sophie Javary who is appointed Head of Corporate Finance EMEA

Marc Carlos is appointed Head of Country Management and Corporate Trade and Treasury Solutions EMEA. Marc Carlos will maintain his responsibility, at Group level, as head of the global USD clearing and payment business line. Thierry Varène and Marc Carlos in his EMEA role will report to Yann Gérardin while Thomas Mennicken will report to Thierry Varène.

Henri Foch is appointed Head of Financial Institutions Coverage globally and will report to Yann Gérardin.

Patrick Colle continues as Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Securities Services and will report to Yann Gérardin. Jacques d’Estais remains Chairman of the supervisory board of BNP Paribas Securities Services.

Yann Gérardin, in addition to his role as Head of BNP Paribas CIB, will manage directly Global Markets. Reporting to him are:  Olivier Osty appointed Head of Sales, Structuring and Trading; Capital Markets business line heads will report to Olivier Osty.

In the regions, Pascal Fischer is appointed Head of EMEA Capital Markets; he will coordinate the Global Markets geographies and manage key transversal projects; he reports to Yann Gérardin. Also, Pierre Rousseau is appointed Head of APAC Capital Markets and reports to Yann Gérardin and Eric Raynaud. Bob Hawley is appointed Head of Americas Capital Markets and reports to Yann Gérardin and Jean-Yves Fillion.

In the context of BNP Paribas setting up Global Markets, headed directly by Yann Gérardin, new Head of CIB, it was agreed with Frédéric Janbon that he would be appointed Special Advisor to the Group General Management. Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas, commented: “I would like to express my utmost gratitude to Frédéric for his contribution to the development of our global Fixed Income platform over the past nine years.”

La cartera de Fibra Prologis crece en México DF y Guadalajara en 634.800 pies cuadrados

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FIBRA Prologis, el fideicomiso de inversión en bienes raíces líder en inversión y administración de inmuebles industriales clase A en México, informó esta semana de que ha adquirido aproximadamente 634.800 pies cuadrados de espacios dedicados a la logística en la Ciudad de Mexico y Guadalajara propiedad de Prologis Mexico Fondo Logístico.

El portafolio fue adquirido con una combinación de efectivo y a través de una emisión de Certificados Bursátiles Fiduciarios Inmobiliarios (CBFIs), que fueron aprobados en la asamblea ordinaria de tenedores celebrada el pasado 19 de noviembre. La adquisición consiste en los últimos inmuebles propiedad de Prologis Mexico Fondo Logístico.

El portafolio incluye:

Un edificio de 159.600 pies cuadrados localizado en el sub-mercado de Periférico Sur de Guadalajara;
Un edificio de 296.600 pies cuadrados localizado en el sub-mercado de Iztapalapa de la Ciudad de Mexico; y
Un edificio de 179.200 pies cuadrados localizados en el Parque Prologis Toluca en el sub-mercado de Toluca de la Ciudad de México.

«Estamos muy contentos en anunciar la aprobación de la primera adquisición de un portafolio después de la oferta pública primaria de FIBRA Prologis» dijo Luis Gutiérrez, director general de FIBRA Prologis. «La exclusividad que tiene FIBRA Prologis sobre las propiedades desarrolladas por Prologis, provee oportunidades de crecimiento orgánico en propiedades adyacentes al portafolio actual. Nuestra estrategia de inversión está enfocada en los mercados con mayor actividad en el sector industrial en México».

Con esta adquisición, el portafolio de FIBRA Prologis está integrado por 181 inmuebles logísticos de alta calidad para un total de 30,4 millones de pies cuadrados (2,8 millones de metros cuadrados) de área rentable bruta.

FINRA Announces New Public Board Members

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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has named two new Public Governors—Joshua S. Levine and Robert W. Scully—to its Board of Governors.

Mr. Levine is a recognized leader in financial services technology. Earlier in his career, Mr. Levine served as Chief Technology and Operations Officer at E*TRADE, where he led an effort to re-architect their technologies by moving to open source. He also serves on the board of a number of non-profits, including DonorsChoose.org, which connects philanthropy and public education through technology, and NPower, which helps non-profits with affordable IT services. Mr. Levine is currently a Managing Director of Kita Capital Management.

Mr. Scully serves as an Independent Director on several boards, including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and Zoetis Inc. Mr. Scully also serves as a Director of Ally Credit Canada Limited and New York City Teach for America, Inc. Mr. Scully served in several senior positions at Morgan Stanley from 1996 through 2007. Mr. Scully received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University.

In August, FINRA announced that Elisse B. Walter, former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Susan Wolburgh Jenah, former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) had been named to FINRA’s Board as Public Governors. Ms. Walter was sworn in as a Commissioner of the SEC in July 2008. She was later designated the 30th Chairman of the SEC, and she served as the SEC’s leader from December 2012 to April 2013. Ms. Wolburg Jenah recently retired as President and CEO of IIROC, a position she had held since the regulator was established in June of 2008.

“On behalf of the Board, I would like to extend a warm welcome to Josh and Bob. Their valuable expertise and depth of experience will help FINRA move forward in its mission to ensure the integrity of our markets and protect the investing public. With today’s announcement, as well as the recent appointment of Elisse Walter and Susan Wolburgh Jenah, FINRA’s Board has an outstanding new group of Public Governors dedicated to advancing FINRA’s mission,” said Richard Ketchum, FINRA’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

FINRA is overseen by a 24-person Board of Governors, with 13 seats held by public Governors and 10 by industry Governors. FINRA’s CEO has the remaining seat. FINRA Governors are appointed or elected to three-year terms and may not serve more than two consecutive terms.

FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States. FINRA is dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient regulation and complementary compliance and technology-based services. FINRA touches virtually every aspect of the securities business – from registering and educating all industry participants to examining securities firms, writing rules, enforcing those rules and the federal securities laws, informing and educating the investing public, providing trade reporting and other industry utilities, and administering the largest dispute resolution forum for investors and firms.

Los fondos de pensiones chilenos crecen un 18% interanual en noviembre

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Todos los fondos de pensiones chilenos registraron rentabilidades positivas durante noviembre pasado, informó este jueves la Superintendencia de Pensiones del país en un comunicado en el que explicó que el Fondo A (Más riesgoso) obtuvo un 4,29% de rentabilidad real; el B (Riesgoso), registró 3,20%; el C (Intermedio) anotó un alza de 2,35%; el D (Conservador) 1,32% y el Fondo E (Más conservador), registró una rentabilidad positiva de 0,34%.

El valor de los fondos de pensiones alcanzó a 100.758.855 millones de pesos (unos 164.638 millones de dólares) a 30 de noviembre de 2014. Con respecto a igual fecha del año anterior, éste aumentó en 15.617.638 millones de pesos, equivalente al 18,3% (variación real 12,0%).

La rentabilidad de los fondos de pensiones Tipo A, B, C, D y E se explica por el generalizado retorno positivo de las inversiones que componen la cartera de los fondos de pensiones, exceptuando los instrumentos de intermediación financiera nacional.

Al respecto, la rentabilidad de los fondos de pensiones Tipo A, B, C y D se explica principalmente por el retorno positivo que presentaron las inversiones en instrumentos extranjeros y acciones locales. Lo anterior se aprecia al considerar como referencia la rentabilidad en dólares de los índices MSCI mundial y MSCI emergente, con aumentos de 3,17% y 0,77%, respectivamente, el retorno mensual de los títulos accionarios locales medido por el IPSA, que presentó una variación positiva de 4,63% y la apreciación de la divisa norteamericana con un alza de 3,87% durante el presente mes, lo cual impactó positivamente las posiciones sin cobertura cambiaria.

Finalmente, la rentabilidad del fondos de pensiones Tipo E se explica por el retorno positivo que presentaron las inversiones en instrumentos extranjeros de renta variable e instrumentos de renta fija nacional, estos últimos, también impactaron positivamente el retorno del Fondo de Pensiones tipo D.

Un 45,8% de los fondos equivalentes a 46.111.023 millones de pesos (unos 75.344 millones de dólares), se encontraba invertido en el exterior, la mayor parte en instrumentos de renta variable, por un monto de 32.060.518 millones de pesos (unos 52.386 millones de dólares).

En tanto, el 54,2% de los fondos, equivalentes a 54.647.832 millones de pesos (unos 89.293 millones de dólares), estaban invertidos en el país, principalmente en instrumentos de renta fija, equivalentes a 44.160.718 millones de pesos (unos 72.158 millones de dólares).

Itaú BBA nombra a Roderick Greenlees jefe global de Banca de Inversión

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Itaú BBA ha nombrado a Roderick Greenlees jefe global de Banca de Inversión, en un momento en el que la entidad busca aumentar su presencia en toda América Latina.

Greenlees, que hasta la fecha se desempeñaba como managing director en la división de Banca de Inversión del banco brasileño, se incorporará a su nuevo cargo en enero, según informa Reuters de acuerdo a un memorándum interno de la compañía.

Greenlees reemplaza a Fernando Lunes, que se convertirá en asesor senior de nuevos negocios para el banco en Sao Paulo. Antes de su incorporación a Itaú, Greenlees trabajó como jefe de fusiones y adquisiciones para Banco UBS Pactual, la unidad de UBS AG en Brasil, desde 2006 a 2009. También fue managing director para Bank of America Merrill Lynch en Brasil.

La firma estadounidense Morgan Creek Capital recomienda invertir en Argentina

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Pese al default y la inflación, el fondo norteamericano Morgan Creek Capital recomienda a sus clientes invertir en Argentina, al considerar que tras la devaluación de febrero y de cara al próximo cambio de gobierno, el país es una buena opción, informa el diario mexicano El Economista.

Mark Yusko, CEO de Morgan Creek Capital, aseguró que entre sus preferidos a la hora de hacer recomendaciones a sus clientes se encuentran los papeles de YPF, Banco Macro y Pampa Energía. “Para los inversionistas norteamericanos, yo recomiendo los bonos en dólares. Y en cuanto a papeles los de los bancos, considero que son los mejores”, apuntó.

Yusko aseguró que “cuando se solucione el tema de los holdouts, las compañías argentinas van a volver a los mercados y va a haber más dinero invirtiéndose en el país”.

“Nos gusta cómo cambió Argentina después de la devaluación de febrero. Creemos que hay cambios llegando. Cuando Cristina se vaya el próximo año, va a haber reformas positivas. Va a haber un entendimiento con los holdouts”, subrayó.

Yusko reconoció que a diferencia de otros fondos de inversión que ven Argentina como un país demasiado riesgoso su recomendación “es única”.

“Hay un inversionista muy conocido que se llama John Templeton. Él dice que el inversionista no debe preguntarse cuál es el mejor lugar para invertir sino el más complicado o miserable. Hoy Argentina, por inflación y bajos precios es barato”, analizó.

Criticó que muchos fondos de inversión “no se toman el tiempo para entender el cambio y el progreso está sucediendo y que viene un nuevo gobierno con cambios”.