With equity markets around Latin America– and in the powerhouse of Brazil in particular – experiencing a quiet 2011 you could be forgiven for assuming the growth in AUM in private banking in the region will have slowed.
Starved of liquidity events to drive wealth creation – and the subsequent M&A consolidation that usually accompanies healthy equity capital market issuance– have more sober growth rates returned to the market after a strong 2010?
Not a bit of it – bankers across Latin America talk of a quiet private banking revolution, with many banks amassing 30%-plus growth in AUM in the past year.
All banks Euromoney has spoken to for its annual look at the industry (to be published in the February issue) report at double-digit growth at the very least.
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BAML is one bank that won’t be taking advantage of this growth, having announced its decision to withdraw from the private banking market in Brazil less than a year after launching. But the rest continue to hire and Portuguese and Spanish lessons are becoming popular.
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