BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research announced that David Beker will be rejoining the company as head of Latin America Economics and Fixed Income Strategy. In this role, he will be responsible for the growth, inflation, exchange rates and fixed income recommendations across Latin America.
Beker will be based in New York and will report to Daniel Tenengauzer, head of Global Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research.
Beker joins from Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, where he was an Emerging Markets fixed income portfolio manager.
“I am very pleased to welcome David back to our Emerging Markets research franchise,” says Tenengauzer. “David’s thorough understanding of the Latin American markets, along with his experience on the buy-side, will provide our clients with a unique perspective on this fast-growing region.”
While at Merrill Lynch, Beker was the Brazil economist, based in Sao Paulo, before relocating to New York to work on the Fixed Income Strategy team. Before joining Merrill Lynch in 2003, Beker worked at Unibanco Asset Management, where he held an array of positions over a five-year span. Beker received his bachelor’s in business administration from the Fundacao Getulio Vargas and his master’s degree in economics from Pontificia Universidade Catolica.
The goal of BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research is to be the premier global research franchise, providing clients with exceptional service, value-added investment insights and alpha-generating investment recommendations. Since January 2009, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research has hired 41 analysts in the Americas and an additional 43 analysts globally.
The BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research franchise covers nearly 3,000 stocks globally and ranks in the top tier in many external surveys. Most recently the group was named Top Global Broker, Top U.S. Broker and No. 2 Europe Broker by Financial Times/StarMine and Best Brokerage by Forbes/Zacks. In addition, the group ranked No. 1 in the 2009 Institutional Investor All-Europe survey for Pan-European coverage, No. 2 in the Institutional Investor 2009 All-Brazil Research team survey, and No. 3 in the Institutional Investor 2009 All-America Equity, All-Latin America, and All-America Fixed-Income Research team surveys.
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