CARLOS FIRETTI, CFA
Strategy, Banking and Financial Services
Bradesco’s Head of Equity Research since 2003 and senior analyst for the financial sector. He has 15 years of equity research experience, having begun his career with Banco Garantia. In addition, he also held positions as a telecom analyst and Head of Equity Research at Banco Cidade and BBVA Corretora, where he also served as Managing Director. Mr. Firetti earned an MBA degree from IBMEC in 1995, a bachelor’s degree in Economics from FEA-USP in 1991, and is also a CFA charterholder. In the last three years (2007, 2008 and 2009) he was ranked among Brazil’s top banking sector analysts by Institutional Investor Magazine.
RAPHAEL BIDERMAN
Steel, Mining and Paper & Pulp
Senior analyst for the natural resources sector, covering Vale, MMX, Usiminas, CSN, Gerdau, Aracruz, Suzano, Klabin and VCP. Mr. Biderman has covered the metals and mining sector since 1994, having been responsible for Global Emerging Markets and Latin American metals coverage at Chase Manhattan and Robert Flemings. Prior to joining Bradesco, he was responsible for Latin American metals coverage at BBVA. From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Biderman was ranked several times by Institutional Investor and Agencia Estado. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from USP and an executive MBA from IPADE Mexico.
Company Release:
Bradesco BBI - Brazil´s Leading Brokerage
Bradesco BBI, a first class investment bank, has the largest market share of any stockbroker in Brazil, through its broker dealers – Bradesco Corretora and Ágora. And it is also part of Bradesco, a bank with more than 22 million clients and presence in every Brazilian city. BBI started operations in January 2007 and at the same year, two subsidiaries were founded - Bradesco Securities New York and Bradesco Securities UK, in London.
Three years after its foundation, for institutional Equity Sales, BBI´s distribution team – focused exclusively on Brazilian equities, includes five sales specialists in New York, three in Brazil and three in the London office. In addition, BBI research division, with 30 equity analysts focused on more than 100 Brazilian companies, was ranked #1 in Latin America by Starmine / Thomson Reuters. With this winner research team and qualified sales specialists, BBI has clients in America, Europe, Asia and Middle East.
Bradesco Securities NY
Bradesco Securities New York operates as a broker dealer in the United States. The focus of the company is brokering the buying and selling shares, especially in operations of ADRs. It is also authorized to operate with Bonds, Commercial Paper, Certificates of Deposit, among other roles, and may also provide Investment Advisory services.
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