Barclays Beefs Up LatAm Research

Barclays Capital has appointed Eduardo Levy Yeyati as director and head of LatAm research. He was previously senior financial sector advisor for LatAm and Caribbean at the World Bank, a role that he had previously held at the IDB. Yeyati, a former chief economist at Argentina’s central bank, will be based in New York and report to Piero Ghezzi, MD and head of EM research. Separately, Rodrigo Valdés joins Barclays as director and chief LatAm economist. He was previously director of research and chief economist at the Central Bank of Chile and will be based in New York, reporting to Yeyati. And Rogerio Oliveira has also joined the firm, as director and head of EM quantitative research. Prior to Barclays, he was a director and head of LatAm market strategy at Deutsche Bank. Oliveira will be responsible for leading the quantitative research effort across LatAm, EEMEA and emerging Asia, reporting to Ghezzi. “These appointments will enhance Barclays Capital’s emerging markets platform, an important part of our overall business strategy,” says Larry Kantor, MD and head of research at Barclays.