Private banking: Brazil’s locals consolidate and fight for offshore

The hoped-for flows onshore from last year’s amnesty on offshore wealth have failed to materialise, so far. Meanwhile, Citi and HSBC have sold up. So where did a 15% increase in assets under management come from?

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Paulo Corchaki, head of UBS Wealth Management Brazil

Paulo Corchaki, head of UBS Wealth Management Brazil, had a good 2016; his firm’s assets under management grew by 55%. And it had nothing to do with the boost to client inflows after last year’s amnesty for declaring offshore wealth. Rather, he says, it was the local market’s dynamics. 

The two dominant wealth management operations, Itaú and Bradesco, bought the Brazilian banks of Citi and HSBC respectively. That, plus the run on AuM at BTG Pactual in the first quarter of 2016, saw money flow to the other banks and led to Corchaki’s above-target performance.

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