STREET MOVES: Barclays Expands LatAm Equity Research Team
June 29 2009 - 11:01AM
Dow Jones News
Barclays Capital, the investment-banking arm of Barclays PLC
(BCS), added four more analysts to its Latin America equity
research team, as the firm looks to expand its reach within the
region.
Felipe Mattar will be director of utilities and oil companies,
while Michel Morin will join as director of the telecommunications
and media sectors.
Mattar joins Barclays from Citigroup, and Morin comes from
Merrill Lynch.
Henrique Caldeira is to be assistant vice president responsible
for coverage of non-bank financial companies while Leonardo Correa
will join as assistant vice president for metals and mining
companies. Both most recently worked at Credit Suisse.
The team will report to Roberto Attuch Jr., who was named head
of Latin America equity research in March.
The hirings are part of Barclay's effort to ramp up its equities
sales, trading and research presence in Latin America. In recent
months, the firm has announced the hiring of several management
positions and more are expected to be added as the bank looks to
push into Mexico, Brazil and Chile.
-By Kejal Vyas, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2185;
kejal.vyas@dowjones.com