LAVCA represents its members and the broader investment community on regulation and tracks critical policy issues relevant to private capital in Latin America.
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Switzerland-based private markets investment manager Partners Group will launch a US$1b global social impact fund with an investment strategy in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. (Financial Times)…
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Mexican multinational baking company Grupo Bimbo, in collaboration with Fondo de Fondos and Sonen Capital, plans to launch an impact investing-focused Certificado de Proyectos de inversión (Cerpi). The vehicle will…
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Te Creemos, a portfolio company of private equity firm Mexico Development Partners, has acquired Consejo de Asistencia al Microemprendedor (Came), a micro-credit sofipo. Te Creemos provides financial products and services…
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The MetLife Foundation provided US$3.9 million for Accion to leverage digital solutions and customer-centered design to empower underserved consumers in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico—and disseminate learnings throughout the region. (Press Release)…
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Mexico’s lower house of Congress has approved a bill to regulate fintech startups.. The law will provide regulatory certainty around issues such as crowdfunding, payment methods and rules surrounding cryptocurrencies…
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Mexico’s National Commission of Savings Systems for Retirement (Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro), CONSAR is seeking to increase Mexican pension fund’s, known as Afores, investment limits…
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The Argentina Data Protection Agency (Dirección Nacional de Protección de Datos Personales or “DNPDP”) posted online a draft bill for a new data protection act. The changes introduced by the…
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The Colombian Treasury Department has authorized a regulation that allows pension funds to allocate 10% of their portfolios to alternative assets with the aim of allowing AFPs to better match…
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According to recent adjustments to the SIEFORES policy, Mexican Afores (Administradora de Fondos para el Retiro) can now invest in foreign private equity, infrastructure, and others, via CERPIs (which need…
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The Brazilian National Monetary Council (Conselho Monetário Nacional “CMN”) has reduced restrictions regarding Brazilian pension funds investing abroad. The main changes include the reduction of the ceiling for purchasing shares of…
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Before the end of 2018, Mexican Afores (Administradora de Fondos para el Retiro) will carry out a change in their investment model, moving from investing in Mexican funds known as…
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The Carlyle Group, Oaktree Capital Management and Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) have become the first international alternative asset managers approved for investment by Chilean Las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones…
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