Category Archives: LatAm

Private banking: The Julius Baer/Merrill deal… Asia vs LatAm

After missing out on Sarasin to Brazil’s Safra group (more details: Emerging Market M&A), Julius Baer snatched up Merrill’s private banking business. Buying Merrill’s ex-US wealth management business will increase assets under management for key emerging regions including Asia, LatAm … Continue reading

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Interviewing Dr. Mark Mobius in Monaco 2012: The Changing Perception of Emerging Markets

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Emerging Market M&A activities: Brazil – BTG Pactual’s IPO heavily oversubscribed

As I wrote in recent blogs on Brazil’s M&A activity, the country shows no signs of cooling down: – “Latin America in Asset Management – Quantifying the Opportunities for Brazil and the region” – “Brazil takes the lead: Net cash … Continue reading

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Emerging markets flex their muscles: Sao Paulo’s Safra brings Samba to Switzerland’s Sarasin:

For a few years now we have commented in our research on a metatrend “West-to-East”, developed market managers in the US or Europe leaving their domestic grass to look for greener postures in high-growth emerging markets, either organically or via … Continue reading

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New 110-page Strategic Insight book: State of the Industry – Latin America

This week, I am publishing a new study on the Latin America Asset Management Industry. As always, I worked closely with my now Hong Kong based senior research analysts Lise Carpenter and Bryan Liu. In addition, research analyst Marlon Valle … Continue reading

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Interviews in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the Latin America Asset Management Industry

Last month in Brazil at the Fund Forum, I had the pleasure of giving the opening keynote speech and to interview a few of the leaders of the industry in Latin America. 1. Daniel Enskat interviews Carlos Andre (Head of … Continue reading

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Chile “disapproves” Dublin products in its pension funds… opportunity for Luxembourg, threat for UCITS?

Chile’s Comision Clasificadora de Riesgo (CCR) this month “disapproved” Dublin-based UCITS products from being invested into by Chilean pension funds due to credit rating downgrades and sovereign debt concerns – according to regulators and industry experts, Moody’s decision to downgrade … Continue reading

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All Eyes on Asia & Latin America for Fund Managers and Private Banks

Tonight I will publish a new report, “Emerging Market Bridges: All Eyes on Asia & Latin America for Fund Managers & Private Banks”, co-written with Jamie Maak, our London-based director of client services. A few highlights below: • Asia & … Continue reading

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Spotlight on Colombia… Art, history, culture, dance, food and LatAm Asset Management

I just came back from a trip to Colombia. While almost all major sources of public information warn you about the country and especially Medellin and Cali, but also Bogota, this perception couldn’t be further from the truth. Yes, the … Continue reading

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Daniel Enskat and Jean Baptiste de Franssu discuss UCITS at FundForum International 2011

Thank you, FundForumTV – #FFI11 is the largest asset management conference in the world. Daniel Enskat, Senior Managing Director at Strategic Insight and Jean Baptiste de Franssu, CEO, Invesco met at FundForum International 2011 for a filmed discussion following the … Continue reading

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