Bernus has over 24 years’ experience in private banking; prior to joining Credit Suisse Mexico in 2010, he was director of private banking at Invex Grupo Financiero and regional director of wealth management and specialized advisory services at Banorte.
Morgan Stanley: High-net-worth investors predict positive 2015 on strength of US economy, tech and biotech stocks
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s semi-annual Investor Pulse Poll found that the wealthy see their best opportunities coming from the US, in technology stocks, and in equities in general.
BBVA Bancomer opens new UHN unit for high net worth clients
Bancomer UHN is the first office of its kind in Mexico and the world, combining products and services for family offices and high net-worth investors, with the backing of a global bank. This year Bancomer will open similar offices in the Mexican cities of Monterrey and Guadalajara.
BTG Pactual buys Generali’s Swiss-banking unit for USD 1.7 billion
With the BSI acquisition, BTG Pactual takes control of the Chilean private-pension administrator AFP Planvital, which up to now had been controlled by BSI.
Through advisory relationships, BBVA brings “the whole world” to its fund portfolio
"We are looking for a couple of big players – advisors – to supplement our [global] portfolio, because the key concept in our private banking is open architecture," Javier Diez Jenkins, director of wealth management and private banking at BBVA, told Fund Pro Latin America.
Banamex: Subadvisory arrangements with global firms proving attractive to fund clients
Banamex has launched three subadvised funds since last year. The Asian fund is advised by BlackRock, the US fund by Franklin Templeton, and the European fund by BNP Paribas. The managers only give advice, while investment decisions are taken by Banamex and its team.
Most multifamily offices exempt from onerous registration requirements
It is estimated that multifamily offices manage about USD 3 billion, approximately 10% of the amounts managed by traditional single family offices, belonging to the richest families in Chile.
DNA of Banorte and Ixe survives in merged wealth-management unit
The USD 1.3 billion merger of Grupo Financiero Banorte with Banco Ixe in 2011 fused together two complementary wealth management areas, according to Luis Pietrini, director of Wealth Management at Grupo Financiero Banorte-Ixe.
Carlyle names Jeff Holland head of Private Client Group
Holland's group will in part focus on arrangements with bank feeder funds and other financial advisors through which high-net-worth and other qualified individuals may gain access to a range of Carlyle alternative asset products.
BTG Pactual hires Jaime Maluk for new annuity unit
Jaime Maluk (photo), a well-known executive in the Chilean financial sector and former CEO of the local brokerage firms Euroamérica and Cruz del Sur, will lead BTG into the Chilean insurance market.