HSBC Names LatAm Chief Economist

HSBC has appointed Andre Loes as chief LatAm economist, which is a new role. He will be based in Brazil, and will continue is his current role as chief economist for Brazil. The economics teams in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina will report to him. Loes will report to Patrick Boucher, head of research for the Americas, and functionally to Stephen King, HSBC chief economist. Loes joined HSBC in August 2008, in the role as chief economist for Brazil. Before that he spent 8 years at Santander Brazil.