Moises Tiktin, Valores Finamex In building the research and brokerage effort at Mexico’s Valores Finamex, Moises Tiktin witnessed first hand the explosion of interest in Mexican securities by international investors. Below, he recalls the early days, as well as the trying times of the peso devaluation. On the rise of foreign investor […]
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In their own words. (Nicholas Brady)
Nicholas Brady, Darby Overseas Investments More than any other, Nicholas Brady’s name is synonymous with the transformation which Latin America has undergone in the last 10 years. The debt relief and rescheduling agreements which bear his name created a huge, liquid market in sovereign Latin debt which paved the way for the […]
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In their own words. (Nicholas Lands)
Nicholas Landes, Banco Popular Nicholas Landes returned to his native Ecuador in 1982 as general manager of Citibank’s operations in that country. In late 1985, he saw an opportunity to put together a group to purchase and manage financial institutions in Ecuador, and as a result, in 1987 the group acquired control of Banco Popular. […]
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In their own words. (Paul Bydalek)
Paul Bydalek, Atlantic Rating Paul Bydalek came to Brazil with Citibank in the 1960s. Three decades later, he’s still there, and has been on his own since 1980, first forming Atlantic Capital and then Atlantic Rating. These days, he commutes back and forth between Rio and São Paulo, and is happy to […]
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In their own words. (Paul Luke)
Paul Luke, Deutsche Bank After running the Bank of England’s Latin America group, economist Paul Luke joined Libra Bank in the mid-1980s just as the emerging markets phenomenon was gathering steam. Today considered one of the deans of emerging markets analysis, when Libra closed in 1990, Luke moved on to what is […]
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In their own words. (Persio Arida)
Persio Arida, Opportunity Now at Opportunity Asset Management, economist Persio Arida has been a central figure in Brazil’s attempts to kill inflation. Together with colleagues from the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro-including Gustavo Franco, Edmar Bacha, Andre Lara Resende, Pedro Malan and Winston Fritsch-Arida played a major role in creating the […]
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In their own words. (Peter Gruber)
Peter Gruber, Globalvest With over 20 years of investing in Latin America, Peter Gruber is one of the market’s elder statesmen. He has a keen mind for history, which he often uses to put today’s events into a broader context, gaining a competitive edge in the process. His regional equity fund is […]
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In their own words. (Peter West)
Peter West, BBV LatInvest Economist Peter West has been following Latin America for a number of years. From January 1994 to July 1997, he was a director at WestMerchant in London, after which he joined BBV LatInvest as chief economist. On significant turning points… Obviously, in the Southern Cone the defining turning […]
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In their own words. (Player Crosby & Giacomo DeFilippis)
Giacomo DeFilippis and Player Crosby On a bright spring day, LatinFinance was invited to lunch with two of the LDC market’s best known pioneers-Giacomo DeFilippis and Player Crosby (pictured on page 23 and 24, respectively). DeFilippis came to the US from Bari, Italy at the age of 14. After taking a Master’s […]
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In their own words. (Rachel Hines)
Rachel Hines, JP Morgan Rachel Hines is a managing director of emerging debt capital markets at JP Morgan. After joining the bank 12 years ago, she moved to the capital markets group to concentrate on Latin America and emerging markets. Below, she recalls the landmark $6 billion FRN led by JP Morgan […]