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- @NACChamberNY:Free Webinar on July 9th @ 1:00pm; Volatility, Portfolios and Investor Confidence. https://t.co/ANVDxjaDoh
- @NACChamberNY:Good afternoon everyone! We're happy to announce our next Webinar session on July 1st: 'Comments on Chilean Monetar… https://t.co/9Npp0prVMe
- @NACChamberNY:June 25th @ 1:00pm. Webinar: Alternative Assets during the pandemic, challenges and opportunities. https://t.co/Ux2NPLX768
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- 2020-07-09
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Guest speakers Maria Alicia Montes (CFA Society) , Hugo Aravena (BTG Pactual) and Moderator Francisco Rosemberg ( BlackRock)Thursday, July 9th | 1:00-2:15 PM
Maria Alicia Montes, CFA, has more than 17 years of experience in investments, portfolio management, asset allocation and risk management. Today Ms. Montes is the Director of Research at AFP Cuprum, one of the largest pension funds in Chile. Here, she has held other positions for almost 17 years, such as Head of International Investments, Investment Manager, among other responsibilities. Prior to that, she worked in the Planning Department at Entel, the largest telecommunication company in Chile. Maria Alicia is Industrial Engineer from Universidad Católica de Chile, and is the first woman in being elected President of CFA Society Chile.Hugo Aravena, CAIA, CFA, has more than 15 years of experience in investments and finance. Today Mr. Aravena is the responsible for Portfolio Solutions & Asset Allocation for advisory services and discretionary accounts of wealth management clients at BTG Pactual. Before he was Portfolio Manager of Equity, Balanced Mutual Funds, Derivatives and Liquid Alternative Strategies at BCI and Banco de Chile Asset Managers, among other important executive positions. In addition, Hugo has been professor at Universidad de Chile for undergraduate and graduate courses. Mr. Aravena holds a Bachelor in Business Administration degree from Universidad de Chile and a Master of Science in Mathematical Finance from the University of Birmingham. He was member of the Education Advisory Committee in the CFA Institute and a Board Member of CFA Society Chile.Francisco Rosemberg, Director, is Head of Institutional Business Chile. He is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with some of the largest clients in the region including pension funds (AFPs), insurance companies and corporates. He has spent most of his career in the asset management business covering clients in Latin America. Francisco joined BlackRock in June 2018 initially based in Santiago de Chile and relocated to Buenos Aires in January 2019 before returning to Santiago de Chile in May 2020. Prior to joining BlackRock, Francisco spent 8 years at Schroders, where he led the wealth client business in South America. Francisco earned a degree in Business Administration from Universidad Catolica in Argentina in 2009.To Register, please click below.
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DATE TO: 2020-07-09
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- 2020-05-18
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with Sergio Godoy, Ph. D. in Financial Economics and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University ; Moderator: Dalibor Eterovic, Managing Director at TRG
Sergio Godoy
Sergio Godoy has more than twenty-five years of experience in financial markets and central banking. Between May 2019 and April 2020, he was the Chief Economist and spokesperson for Tanner Investments (the oldest Chilean brokerage house in Chile). Before joining Tanner, between 2014 and 2019, he was Chief Economist and Portfolio Manager at the Zurich Asset Management (formerly EuroAmerica Asset Management, bought in November 2018). Previously, between 2013 and 2014, he was part-time Economist/Strategist consultant with Larrain Vial Asset Management. Before that, between 2010 and 2013, he was Global Emerging Market Strategist with ING Investment Management (currently, Voya Investment Management) based in Atlanta, GA. Previously, between 2007 and 2010, he was Portfolio Manager and Head of Fixed Income Strategy at Larrain Vial Asset Management. Before that, between 2005 and 2007, he was Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Chile. Earlier, between 1995 and 1997, he was Chief Economist at Chilean National Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Godoy has a Ph. D. in Financial Economics and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University as well as MS in Applied Macroeconomics, BS in Economics and BS in Business Administration from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Dalibor Eterovic
Dalibor Eterovic is a Managing Director and is a member of the Fixed Income & Currencies investment team serving as an economist at The Rohatyn Group, TRG. He is based in New York. Prior to joining TRG in September 2016, Mr. Eterovic was Chief Economist and Head of Strategy at Grupo Security, a Senior Economist at the Chilean Central Bank and a Manager of Economics and Fixed Income at Larrain Vial Investment Bank. He has also served as an economist at Merrill Lynch in London, focusing on emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was a Lecturer in Political Economics at the School of Government of the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez. Mr. Eterovic holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge, a MSc from the University of Birmingham and a B.A., from Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). His academic research has been published in several specialized international journals.
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- 2020-05-14
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by Hermann Gonzalez, Macroeconomic Coordinator of the Latinoamerican Centre of Economic and Social Policies
Hermann GonzalezHermann Gonzalez is the Macroeconomic Coordinator of the Latinoamerican Centre of Economic and Social Policies (CLAPES-UC). Previously he was the Chief Advisor and the Macroeconomic Coordinator of the Ministry of Finance (2018-2020), he also was the Principal Economists at BBVA Research Chile (2013-2018), Vice President of The Advisory Fiscal Council of Chile (2014-2018), Macroeconomic Coordinator of the Budget Office of the Ministry of Finance (2012-2013), Senior Economist of Zahler & Co (2008-2012) an Economist of the Research Division at the Central Bank of Chile (2004-2008). Hermann Gonzalez has a Bachelor and a Master Degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Chile.
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- 2020-05-14
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Today's webinar with Igal Magendzo and Hermann Gonzalez; Moderator: Carolina Grunwald, Chief Economist at BanChile Inversiones
Igal MagendzoDr. Magendzo is a partner and chief economist at Pacifico Macroeconomia y Finanzas. As Macroeconomic Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, he coordinated economic policy during Michelle Bachelet’s first administration, helping to formulate the policies that contributed to the sound financial structure enjoyed by Chile today. Prior to serving at the Finance Ministry, Dr. Magendzo was Manager of Macroeconomic Analysis at the Central Bank, where he provided input for and participated in Central Bank monetary policy meetings. While at the Central Bank, he also headed the modeling and forecasting division. Dr. Magendzo has taught at University Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago and has written for numerous international financial journals on topics such as currency unions, dollarization, currency pegs and monetary transmission mechanisms. He was Chief Economist for Latin America at Itau-AM, and has advised and consulted for the IMF, IADB and the World Bank. He holds a B.A. in economics and political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).To get the presentation click Impact on the local economy and Fiscal Policy response
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- 2020-07-01
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Guest speaker Dalibor Eterovic (The Rohatyn Group) and Moderator Runi Mehta ( Santander Bank).
Wednesday, July 1st | 12:30-1:30PMDalibor Eterovic is a Managing Director and is a member of the Fixed Income & Currencies investment team serving as an economist at The Rohatyn Group, TRG. He is based in New York. Prior to joining TRG in September 2016, Mr. Eterovic was Chief Economist and Head of Strategy at Grupo Security, a Senior Economist at the Chilean Central Bank and a Manager of Economics and Fixed Income at Larrain Vial Investment Bank. He has also served as an economist at Merrill Lynch in London, focusing on emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was a Lecturer in Political Economics at the School of Government of the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez. Mr. Eterovic holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge, a MSc from the University of Birmingham and a B.A., from Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). His academic research has been published in several specialized international journals.Runi Mehta is a Vice President at Santander Bank N.A. in New York City, where Runi is responsible for managing and growing commercial banking portfolio and serving customers throughout New York State. Runi has over 12 years of experience in banking, lending and relationship management and prior to joining Santander Bank N.A., Runi served at Santander Bank Plc in London, UK, Citibank N.A. and ICICI Prudential in India. Runi relocated from London to New York City over 7 years back. Runi holds an MBA degree from Symbiosis University, India and an undergraduate degree from Fergusson College, India. Currently, Runi is a member of the Lincoln Center Corporate Fund’s Junior Council. A New York City resident, Runi enjoys traveling and going to the theatre. Runi is fluent in English and Hindi.RSVP
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DATE TO: 1969-12-31
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- 2020-06-25
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by Roger Mogrovejo, Chief Investment Officer of Chilena Consolidada Life Insurance Company, from Zurich Group and Roque Calleja, Head of BlackRock Alternative Specialists (BAS) for Latin America
June 25, 2020 @ 1:00 - 2:15pm
Roger Mogrovejo has more than 24 years of experience in the financial system. Today Mr. Mogrovejo is the Chief Investment Officer of Chilena Consolidada Life Insurance Company, from Zurich Group. Before he was Investment Manager at Principal Chile, Investment Director at MetLife Chile, among other important executive positions. In addition, Roger has been professor at Universidad Catolica de Chile, Universidad Diego Portales and Universidad de Santiago, for undergraduate and graduate courses. Mr. Mogrovejo holds a Bachelor in Business Administration degree from Universidad de Concepcion and a MBA from Universidad Catolica de Chile.
Roque Calleja, Director, Head of BlackRock Alternative Specialists LatamHead of the BlackRock Alternatives Specialist (BAS) for Latam and a member of BlackRock's Latin America Regional Executive Committee. Mr Calleja is responsible for driving BlackRock's client strategy in alternatives with institutional and wealth clients in the region, working closely with the local relationship managers, and the broader BAS and BAI organizations.Prior to his current role, Mr. Calleja served as head of ICB in Mexico from 2014 to 2017 and as co-head of the institutional business from 2017 to 2018.Mr Calleja joined BlackRock in 2009 as a member of BlackRock's iShares business in Iberia and relocated to NY in 2012 where he supported BlackRock's Latin America & Iberia retail business focusing on offshore wealth for non resident investors..Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr Calleja worked for one year as a risk analyst at Bankinter in Madrid, Spain. He began his career at Ivy Asset Management in London as sales in the fund of funds team in 2007.Mr. Calleja earned a BA degree in Business Administration and a Master's degree in Business Strategy from the Francisco de Vitoria University in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Calleja also holds a degree in Alternative Investments and Hedge Funds by the Instituto de Estudios Bursatiles (IEB) university in Madrid and a diploma in infrastructure investing from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). He is a Claritas CFA holder
Moderator: Gabriela Clivio
Gabriela Clivio, CFA, graduated as an Economist and also completed a master degree in Economics and a Master degree in Finance. She also has the CFA designation since 2002. Gabriela worked for six years in Valuation and Corporate Finance in Canada and Chile. Previously she worked for 15 years as Managing Director in a Mutual Fund, Head of Strategy and Head of Research in financial institutions and portfolio Manager in a pension fund. She is a University Professor in Equity Valuation, Portfolio Management and Business Ethics in MBA and Master in Finance graduate programs in Chile, Peru and Canada. She is a reviewer of the CFA curriculum materials, a member of the CFA Institute´s Disciplinary Review Committee and a Founding and Board member of CFA Society Chile.
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- 2020-06-11
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Guest speaker Iván Vera (Entrepreneur & Innovator) and Moderator Claudia Morales (BlackRock ).
Thursday, June 11 | 11:00AM-12:00PMIVAN VERAIván Vera is a Chilean entrepreneur and recognized international speaker on innovation & Entrepreneurship. He graduated as an Electrician Civil Engineer from the University of Federico Santa Maria, Chile in 1981. Vera is co-founder and president of INNSPIRAL, Magical Startups and founder and president of Turingo.He co-founded INNSPIRAL back in 1989, a company oriented in the design of innovation strategies for both startup and well established businesses. INNSPIRAL has helped businesses in the fields of Banking, Insurance, Mining, Retail and many more. By the end of 2019 INNSPIRAL had 50 experts on innovation and collaborated with executive officers of large businesses across Latin America.Magical Startups serves as an accelerator for digital startups with global impact. It has invested $2 million of seed capital in 35 startups focused on traditional business but also robotics and artificial intelligence. Thirty two of these investments continue to grow at international level.Turingo (founded in 2018) is an online platform dedicated to the education of innovation, entrepreneurship and new technologies to educate future leaders of Chile and Latin America. It has helped many young entrepeneurs boost their innovation and take on new digital businesses in the globalized context we live in. By the final quarter of 2019, Turingo had over 600 students and had a value of $1.5 million.Vera is also the director of Fraunhofer Research Foundation Chile, which promotes cooperated Chilean-German applied research. In his 12 years as Keynote Speaker, Vera has spoken for over 400 business audiences in over 20 countries across the world, inspiring entrepreneurs to innovate in growth, profitability and sustainability. Vera was recognized as 'Entrepreneur of the Year' at the Annual Gala Dinner of the North American-Chilean Chamber of Commerce in 2019.CLAUDIA MORALESClaudia Morales, Vice President, is part of the Multi-Asset Portfolio and Investment Consulting team (MAPIC) for Latin America. She is responsible for creating and delivering cross-region tailored portfolio solutions and strategic investment analysis primarily through asset allocation and risk analysis to institutional and wealth clients. Previously, she was part of the Latin America & Iberia Investment Strategy team from the BlackRock Investment Institute. In that role, Claudia was responsible for developing market views and economic research for retail and institutional clients within the Latam & Iberia region.She joined the company in September 2011. In Chile, she was Deputy CIO at Larrain Vial, the largest independent brokerage company in Chile. Prior to that, she worked as Senior Analyst at Cruz del Sur Inversiones, the financial services unit of the Angellini group, the largest industrial group in Chile. She also worked as an Economist at the Chilean Central Bank for 5 years in core units, the Macroeconomic Analysis and the Models and Forecast one.Claudia earned an Industrial Engineering degree in 1996 from the Universidad de Chile, and Financial Diploma at the same university. Master in Finance from Universidad Finis Terrae in 2017.RSVP
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- 2020-06-04
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by Rodrigo Yañez, Undersecretary for International Economic Relations, Government of Chile; Moredator: Sergio Godoy, Independent Consultant, Economist and Ph.D Finance, Columbia University
DATE: June 4, 2020
TIME: 10:00m - 11:00 am
Rodrigo Yañez
Rodrigo Yáñez was appointed Vice Minister of Trade for Chile on March 11, 2018. In this role, he has led Chile’s intense bilateral and multilateral trade agenda, including active participation in multilateral trade fora such as APEC, Pacific Alliance and WTO. He has also served as Chile’s G20Sherpa under the Presidencies of Argentina and Japan. During President Piñera’s previous administration (2010-2014), Rodrigo Yáñez served as Senior Advisor on international and regulatory affairs to the Presidency of the Republic. Among his responsibilities he developed foreign policy proposals and oversaw the implementation of domestic policy initiatives for different Ministries. Before taking up the role as Vice Minister, he was the Director of Financial Advisory Services at Deloitte Chile, where he led the Business Intelligence and Anticorruption, Compliance & Regulatory Advisory services. He was ranked by Chambers & Partners Latin America 2018 as a Leading Practitioner in the field of Compliance. Mr. Yáñez was also a member of the Panel on Public Works Concessions (2014-2018); Board Member of Chile’s Public Enterprise System (2013-2014); and International Cooperation Agency Board (2012-2014). Mr. Yáñez holds a Law Degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) and a Master of Science in Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Sergio Godoy
Sergio Godoy has more than twenty-five years of experience in financial markets and central banking. Between May 2019 and April 2020, he was the Chief Economist and spokesperson for Tanner Investments (the oldest Chilean brokerage house in Chile). Before joining Tanner, between 2014 and 2019, he was Chief Economist and Portfolio Manager at the Zurich Asset Management (formerly EuroAmerica Asset Management, bought in November 2018). Previously, between 2013 and 2014, he was part-time Economist/Strategist consultant with Larrain Vial Asset Management. Before that, between 2010 and 2013, he was Global Emerging Market Strategist with ING Investment Management (currently, Voya Investment Management) based in Atlanta, GA. Previously, between 2007 and 2010, he was Portfolio Manager and Head of Fixed Income Strategy at Larrain Vial Asset Management. Before that, between 2005 and 2007, he was Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Chile. Earlier, between 1995 and 1997, he was Chief Economist at Chilean National Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Godoy has a Ph. D. in Financial Economics and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University as well as MS in Applied Macroeconomics, BS in Economics and BS in Business Administration from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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DATE TO: 2020-06-04
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- 2020-06-02
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Ian Frederic from Invest Chile and Ignacio Recart from ProChile Moderator: Claudia Morales, Vice President at BlackRock
DATE: June 2
TIME: 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Ian Frederick
Ian Frederick, Chilean and Austrian, Commercial Engineer at the Adolfo Ibañez University, and graduated in law as a second career. From 2017 he is Head of the Investment Promotion Division at InvestChile, the Chilean Government agency for foreign investment attraction, Ministry of Economy. He is responsible for the attraction of FDI into Chile, the development of a national strategy for this, and implementation of a comprehensive commercial plan of activities abroad and in Chile (+150 activities in 25 countries per year). He started his career with over 10 years dedicated on strategic and commercial marketing in leading multinational companies such as Procter & Gamble and Diageo. His next 15 years have been focused on international trade development and foreign investment attraction, helping international companies establish and build their business in the country and the region of Latin-America. From 2004 to 2013 he did so working for the Australian Federal Government in Chile, as Deputy Post manager for Austrade (Australian Trade and Investment Commission) in Santiago. In this field of international expansion of companies (trade and investment projects) he can provide comprehensive advice to clients with commercial expertise and legal background on regulatory/tax matters. He works closely with Ministers and their technical teams of main sectors such as public works, energy, and economy,promoting abroad their portfolios of investments opportunities (concessions, tenders )
Ignacio Recart
Ignacio Recart is an alumni of the Universidad Diego Portales in Chile with vast experience in the facilitation and promotion of international commerce. Over the course of his career, he has worked with multinational organizations in both the public and private sectors and served a number of distinguished roles within ProChile. He has been the Head of the North American Department, Trade Commissioner of Chile in Toronto (2007-2012), and the head of the Export Promotion Competition for Industries and Services. In September 2019, Mr. Recart began his work as Trade Commissioner of Chile in New York at ProChile.
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DATE TO: 2020-06-02
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