A Coral Gables-based UBS team that oversaw about USD 1 billion in client assets left to join Morgan Stanley in Miami, according to market sources.
Tax holiday on wealthy Chileans could alter local private-banking landscape
Repatriation or sunlighting of undeclared overseas assets could generate new flows to local private banks and wealth managers.
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.
BTG Pactual appoints new director of wealth management
BTG Pactual Peru has named Guillermo Van Oordt as the new director of wealth management for its Peru office. The appointment comes months after José Antonio Blanco was appointed as CEO.
BBVA Bancomer: Private banking of the future goes beyond the financial
BBVA Bancomer wants to "bring the world to Mexico” through products that offer geographical and sectoral diversification backed by expert advice. BBVA Bancomer offers funds advised by global firms such as BlackRock and Franklin Templeton.
RBC to close Uruguay office
The decision is part of a strategic review of the Latin American business, said Aishling Cullen, a spokeswoman for the Toronto-based company.
Former Tanner manager Claudio González opens family office
González created GH Capital Invest with a target of reaching USD20 million AUM in six months of operations with private clients and companies.
Sura to distribute 66 BlackRock funds to non-institutional clients
The partnership will strengthen its open architecture model for fund sales. The U.S. firm is also pinning its hopes on potential growth in the retail segment.