Uruguay’s investment advisors and portfolio managers sector grew in terms of clients and employees last year. This sector currently manages the money of 36,170 clients, 63% of whom are Argentine, with a total of US$ 28.93 billion invested in different instruments.
Data released by the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) shows that at the end of 2022, there were 67 portfolio managers and 106 investment advisors, an increase of 10 from the previous year. Portfolio managers are legal entities that manage the investments of third parties and are not covered by any other figure supervised by the BCU’s Superintendency of Financial Services.
On the other hand, investment advisors are individuals or legal entities that advise third parties on investments or channel their clients’ requests to intermediaries located in the country or abroad, El PaĂs reported.
Uruguay’s investment advisors and portfolio managers sector grew in terms of clients and employees last year. This sector currently manages the money of 36,170 clients, 63% of whom are Argentine, with a total of US$28.93 billion invested in different instruments.
Data released by the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) shows that at the end of 2022, there were 67 portfolio managers and 106 investment advisors, an increase of 10 from the previous year. Portfolio managers are legal entities that manage the investments of third parties and are not covered by any other figure supervised by the BCU’s Superintendency of Financial Services.
On the other hand, investment advisors are individuals or legal entities that advise third parties on investments or channel their clients’ requests to intermediaries located in the country or abroad, El PaĂs reported.
Advisors and managers authorized by the BCU had 161 offices and employed 951 people at the end of 2022. As of December 31, 2022, they managed the assets of 36,170 clients, 21.5% more than at the end of 2021. Argentines accounted for 63.7% of the total clients, followed by 4781 Uruguayan clients, 1868 Brazilians, and 6496 clients of other unspecified nationalities. Advisors and managers managed $28.93 billion invested in different instruments. The assets under management fell 6.2% in 2022 compared to 2021, which is explained by the sharp decline of the markets in the year. Of that amount, 38.2% was placed in mutual funds, 34.9% was invested in fixed income, 6% in instruments linked to stock market indexes, 10.1% in other equity instruments, 2.9% in structured products, and 7.9% in other unidentified instruments.
Of the US$28.93 billion, 50.9% belonged to Argentine clients, 11% to Uruguayans, 5.7% to Brazilians, and
32.4% to other unidentified nationalities.
Uruguay is considered a regional hub for investment advice to high-net-worth clients. Licensed investment advisors and portfolio managers, mainly Uruguayan and Argentinian groups, as well as Swiss and U.S. groups, operate in the country.
Source: El Pais
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