The firm, which has focused mostly on brokerage since its arrival in March of 2014, will expand its operations in Mexico to private banking and fund management, under the direction of Guillermo Ortiz Martínez, ex-governor of the Bank of Mexico.
Julius Baer enters Mexico with stake in leading financial advisory
The partnership with NSC Asesores, Mexico's leading independent financial advisory, gives Julius Baer "access to one of the largest and most promising domestic wealth management markets in Latin America," said Boris F.J. Collardi, CEO of Julius Baer.
UBS advisors in the Americas can now access Mercer’s global manager research and analytics
The relationship will provide the investment management research team within UBS Financial Services with access to Mercer's 9,000 manager-research opinions and performance analytics.
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.
Credit Suisse names Pereira as Brazil CEO
Credit Suisse Group named José Olympio Pereira as chief executive of its Brazilian unit, overseeing investment banking, private banking and asset management divisions. He replaces Antonio Quintella.
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.