martes, 5 de agosto de 2008

MBA. A Global Reach With the Local Touch

MBA (Merchant Bankers Asociados S.A.) is an Argentine company specialized in Investment Banking. MBA has initiated and participated in a greater number of mergers, acquisitions, privatizations and financial re-structuring processes in Argentina than any of its local competitors and for larger amounts.

MBA also provides financial advisory services to companies related to their capital structure, plays a role in the bond and share markets and develops financial products. The Private Banking Department provides individual customers with investment advice and manages investment portfolios for institutions and individuals, manages mutual funds and invests in private equity.

The above services are offered by MBA and its controlled companies: MBA Banco de Inversiones S.A., MBA Sociedad de Bolsa S.A., MBA Asset Management S.A. and MBA Private Equity S.A.. MBA has incorporated strategic international partners in its different business units in order to maximize the quality of its services and to consolidate multidisciplinary teams capable of providing a global vision of markets.

The main shareholders of MBA include Darby Overseas Partners L.P. (the investment company founded by Nicholas Brady, former Secretary of the Treasury Department of the United States) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

The Argentine shareholders of MBA began operations as an investment bank in 1981. The company has since then successfully overcome the various challenges, risks and opportunities of a period in Argentina characterized by sudden and frequent institutional, economic, social and political change. MBA is today a leading company, which supplies innovative financial services and products for new scenarios. This is possible as a result of teams of specialists with the highest ethical and professional standards and profound knowledge of the different processes.

Alejandro Reynal