Renta4, a subsidiary of the Spanish bank of the same name, has begun to diversify its business model, adding fixed-income and high-net-worth services and a third-party fund platform to its equity-brokerage business.
GIS, Northeast and Hencorp rebranded as Insigneo, a firm with USD 8 billion in client assets
Raul Henriquez is the CEO of Insigneo, the result of the integration of several companies: Global Investor Services, HB Asset Management, Alpha Capital, Hencorp Wealth Advisors, and the recently acquired Northeast Securities.
Chile-based LarrainVial will cross Andes to open Buenos Aires office
LarrainVial is in the process of obtaining a brokerage license in Argentina, which should be approved very soon. The office will be headed by Sebastian Caronni, an Argentine national and partner at the firm, who previously worked at Banco Santander.
Actinver Securities opens office in South Florida to tap Latin American market
Veteran wealth manager Rafael Madan, formerly of Espirito Santo Bank and Wells Fargo Advisors, will manage the new office as executive vice president and branch manager. Mexican-owned Actinver already has US offices in Houston and San Antonio.
Merger consolidates two broker-dealer networks with deep ties to Latin America
Pending regulatory approval, Northeast Securities' international business operation will merge with Global Investor Services, creating a network with more than USD 8 billion in customer assets.
Morgan Stanley makes play for Credit Suisse’s US offshore team
The early-December announcement ends a month of uncertainty for the Miami and New York-based CS brokers, who were not included in a recruitment arrangement with Wells Fargo that covered US onshore advisors.
Morgan Stanley’s Latam wealth clients now need minimum of USD 500,000
Morgan said that clients with less than the USD 500,000 minimum will be serviced through an international call center, beginning in January 2016.
BofA Merrill Lynch survey finds concerns of overvaluation in both equity and bond markets
The proportion of global investors saying equity markets are overvalued has reached its highest level since 2000. A net 25 percent of respondents to the global survey say that global equities are currently overvalued, up from a net 23% in March and a net 8% in February. This is still, however, short of the record-high level of a net 42% in 1999.
XP Investimentos buys Internet brokerage Clear
The holding company of XP Investimentos announced the acquisition of the Internet brokerage Clear in a transaction estimated at BRL 90 million.