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Como la espuma

Los activos gestionados por los Fondos de Inversión Colectiva registraron un
crecimiento sin precedentes en el país. Según la Superintendencia Financiera de
Colombia, mientras en 1995 se manejaban $0,73 billones de pesos, en el 2007 cuando
entra en vigencia el Decreto 2175 este monto ascendió a $13,75 billones de pesos y en
el 2013, con la entrada en vigencia del Decreto 1242 subió a $51,99 billones de pesos.
Este desempeño le ha permitido a Colombia ganarse un espacio en el mercado regional.
De acuerdo con la Federación Iberoamericana de Fondos de Inversión y cálculos de
Asofiduciarias, es la quinta plaza en administración de activos.
A futuro, los FICs se perfilan como un canal de acceso con espacio suficiente para
permitir la participación de más colombianos en el mercado de valores, pero además
en una alternativa para canalizar los recursos necesarios hacia proyectos empresariales
de gran envergadura como la financiación de la infraestructura que necesita el país.

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mobility of traditional assets (certificates of deposit - CDTs, treasury
bonds - TES, corporate bonds and
equities) and within non-traditional assets they allow the investment in real estate, documents
with economic content, or private
equity; it is a driver of the capital
market par excellence.
César Prado, President of Fiduciaria Bogotá, values the ease it
provides any person to access these
financial instruments. “CIFs offer a
diversification advantage that is very
difficult to obtain in the presence of
small amounts or when there is a
lack of market knowledge”, affirms
the executive.

Depending on the type of fund,
the investor may withdraw his or
her resources when they are needed
(open funds), or in the terms established in the regulations (closed funds
or open funds with term period).
Closed funds may be listed to have
liquidity on the market.
Moreover, with the issue of Decree 1243 of 2013 by the Ministry of
Finance, the CIFs custodian figure
was created, a role that will be performed by trust company and which
consists of independently safeguarding the assets comprising the fund
portfolio, seeking to meet international standards and reinforcing investor protection.

PERSPECTIVAS

The assets under management by the Collective Investment Funds showed
unprecedented growth in the country. According to the Financial Superintendence
of Colombia, while in 1995 $0.73 trillion pesos were managed, in 2007 when Decree
2175 went into effect, this amount rose to $13.75 trillion pesos. In 2013, when Decree
1242 became effective, it rose to $51.99 trillion pesos.
This performance has allowed Colombia to have a
place in the regional market. According to the
Ibero-American Federation of Investment
Funds and the calculations of Asofiduciarias,
Colombia ranks fifth in assets under
management. In the future, CIFs are
defining themselves as a channel
that allows the participation of more
Colombians in the securities market,
along wi F