Itaú has reportedly outbid Banco Santander in initial offers presented to Citigroup. The Spanish bank is exclusively negotiating on Citi's Argentine operation while Scotiabank is in talks for its Colombian holdings.
Itaú has pole position for acquisition of Citi’s Brazilian retail banking operation
September 29, 2016 by
Citi Private Bank continues to build out Latin American team
September 29, 2016 by
As newly named head of the Latin American multi-asset trading & advisory team, Nicolas Schmidt-Urzua will be responsible for providing complex trading solutions to the firm’s most sophisticated capital markets clients, including active traders.
HSBC Private Bank appoints US head of investment services and product solutions
September 29, 2016 by
Russell Schofield-Bezer will be responsible for the development and delivery of investment services and offerings to clients, the performance of discretionary and advisory mandates in the region, and the development of new initiatives and product ideas for local distribution.
Four Mexican Afores are preparing international mandates
September 28, 2016 by
XXI Banorte is one of four Mexican Afores actively soliciting RFPs from global managers or planning to do so in the short term. Sergio Méndez, CIO of XXI Banorte, said the Afore will analyze proposals for Asian and US mandates in October, and fund them by the end of the year.
Lombard International opens new office in Miami
September 28, 2016 by
“The Miami office serves as a gateway for us to engage with and educate advisors of the Latin American high-net-worth community,” said Helmer Arizmendy, senior managing director and Latin America region head for Lombard International.
BlackRock hires Carlos Takahashi as strategist
September 23, 2016 by
Former CEO of the country’s largest asset manager, BB DTVM, Takahashi will now serve as advisor to BlackRock in Brazil.
Chilean AFPs added allocations to Asia and emerging-market-bond funds in August
September 22, 2016 by
Funds from Templeton and BlackRock led the advance in the Asian region, while an Asian products from Investec and a Japanese fund from Julius Baer were among the biggest losers in August, which was another bad month for US and European funds as well.
PIMCO scores with currency-hedged Brazilian fixed-income fund
September 20, 2016 by
"We decided to offer a fund protected from currency volatility," said Luis Otavio Oliveira, vice president of PIMCO and responsible for business development in Latin America.
Vision Advisors creates business development area, led by Javiera Prado
September 20, 2016 by
As a replacement for Prado in the institutional area, Vision has named an executive that had previously worked for local third-party representative Swiss Advisors.
MFS reorganizes its Latin American sales approach
September 20, 2016 by
MFS has lost two Argentina-based directors, named a Miami-based executive as managing director for the Americas, and ended a third-party distribution relationship with Santiago-based Picton Advisors.
