JPMorgan’s offshore shift in LatAm reaps strong growth in private banking

Having closed its onshore private wealth businesses in Brazil and Mexico, the US firm had a standout year in its Latin American private bank in 2021.

In 2021, JPMorgan Latin America Private Bank recorded its strongest growth in assets under management for at least a decade – notching up more than $20 billion of new funds, according to its chief executive Edinardo Figueiredo.

The US firm hired around 35 private bankers last year to its LatAm private banking business – the majority to its Miami office – and Figueiredo expects to hire a similar number this year and next. He also says the bank is close to launching a specialist unit for multi-family offices in Miami, which will be led by Gonzalo Rodriguez del Valle, recruited back to the bank after a short period at Ernst & Young.

Brazil was a very difficult place to compete … and so we decided to focus on our core business

Edinardo Figueiredo, JPMorgan Latin America Private Bank
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The growth is particularly notable as it came after the US bank’s decision to close its...

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