BCI, which already has relationships with Wells Fargo, First Trust and AdamsStreetPartners, has hired ex LarrainVial executive Sebastián Rodas to grow out the third-party institutional business.
Sura Asset Management appoints Vidal to head fixed-income unit for regional fund business
Armando Vidal, until recently head of the fixed-income unit of Sura-owned Peruvian pension manager AFP Integra, has become the head of fixed-income for Sura’s fund businesses in Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Uruguay.
Becon adds to sales team with new hire
Cristobal Garcia Colombo is the latest addition for the independent fund distributor. He will work from the firm's main office in Buenos Aires.
Franklin Templeton is latest firm to open Santiago office
The firm announced the appointment of ex-Legg Mason executive Gonzalo Ramírez Correa as vice president of sales.
MFS appoints Chile and Peru sales head
Perez Iturraspe will oversee all sales and client-service operations in the two countries effective immediately. He has relocated from Buenos Aires to Santiago and will report to L. José Corena, managing director for the Americas.
Franklin Templeton names representative in Chile for non-AFP clients
Gonzalo Ramírez, formerly with Legg Mason, will head the new office. The relationship with AFPs will stay in the hands of Vision Advisors.
Vanguard names sales executives to Mexican team
Among the hires was sales consultant Denise Casellas, formerly with Sura Asset Management and Santander Asset Management.
Allfunds sees opportunity in pension and wealth markets across Latam
Laura González, newly-named head of Allfunds' business in Iberia and Latin America, sees great opportunity in Mexico and Brazil and in onshore wealth management in general.
Prima AFP names Corpancho head of equities
In his new role, Oscar Corpancho has responsibility over portfolio managers Jorge Morey and Juan de Dios Cárdenas, who are in charge of international-equities analysis and mutual-fund selection.
HMC reinforces real-estate fund team with hire of ex-Itaú-Corpbanca exec
José Ignacio Uauy said that his aim in joining HMC Capital was to "support the development and expansion of the business of managing real assets in Chile and in the region."