BancTrust & Co. and the Argentinean Global Trading Desk, S.A. (GTD) have signed a strategic Joint Venture to expand the investment bank’s local presence throughout the Americas.
Among the Joint Venture’s highlights is its market Research Products built specifically for the region, as well as its Fixed Income trading platform, which is the “heart” of the services offered to local banks and asset managers.
«I’m honored to say that GTD Argentina has entered into an agreement with BancTrust & Co. with the purpose of better serving clients in the region through our offices in Buenos Aires,” states Alejandro Bueno, CEO of GTD Argentina.
Carlos Fuenmayor -Founder, Chairman & CEO of BancTrust & Co. Holdings- affirms “I’m excited about this new partnership with Mr. Bueno and his team at GTD that will allow us to offer local expertise to our investor base interested in the Southern Cone, while continuing to build upon our global reach.”
BancTrust & Co. is a boutique investment banking group dedicated to the Emerging Markets specializing in Latin America. The firm offers Capital Markets, Sales & Trading, Market Strategy and Asset Management products and services through various entities located across The Americas and Europe. As a group of companies, the firm facilitates global market transactions to a diverse client base that includes corporate treasuries, financial institutions, asset managers, and governments and its entities.
Global Trading Desk offers voice-electronic brokerage for financial products and commodities, for both OTC markets and derivatives and real time data over the products negotiated in wholesale. The firm combines experience and technology to generate simple and efficient negotiation processes that help reduce the risks associated to them.