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."
Principal Chile strengthens wealth business and offshore fund lineup
With Andrés Silva’s appointment as head of Wealth Management and the incorporation of a dozen UCITS funds to its local platform, Principal now covers the HNW segment, i.e. clients with financial assets of over USD 1 million.
Carolina Montiel to head BNY Mellon’s family-wealth investment-advisor group
Based in Miami, Montiel will report to Ridge Powell, managing director and team leader of the advisory group, and will support the Florida region alongside Managing Director Ray Sidwell and the international team.
BNY Mellon Wealth appoints Alex Ramos as senior wealth director
Ramos will report to managing director Chris Griffin, and will be responsible for business development efforts in the company’s Greenwich office.
Sura loses wealth-team heavy hitter to LarrainVial
Chile-based Juan Pablo Valdes, who was heading a Sura Asset Management wealth-management team with USD 2 billion in client assets, has joined LarrainVial Asset Management as commercial director.
Senior Goldman exec to take reins of Julius Baer’s Latin operations
Beatriz Sanchez is slated to replace Gustavo Raitzin, who has led the Julius Baer's Latin America effort since 2005, overseeing the firm's expansion in Latin America and broadening the business along a network of currently eight locations.
BNP Paribas Brazil makes string of hirings to beef up wealth team
Rogerio Santos, who has passed through HSBC, Votorantim, BankBoston and Cititbank, was named BNP's commercial superintendent for wealth management. Five other hires were made to beef up the wealth management area.
Compass puts ex-BlackRock pro in charge of Lima office
Compass has promoted Jorge Díaz to head of its Lima office, after joining the firm a year ago to lead relations with institutional clients in the region. Díaz had worked for seven years at BlackRock in charge of selling iShares in Chile and Peru.
New CIO installed at AFP Integra
Roberto Melzi, who at one time was head of fixed-income at the Sura-owned pension manager, most recently had broader responsibilities for Sura Investment Management across the region.
With hire of Felipe Cárcamo, BTG Pactual looks to rejoin third-party fund distribution fray
BTG Pactual, whose third-party-fund distribution business disintegrated in late 2015 following the departure of key executives, appears to be making another go of it.