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

Acerca de MBA

Con 25 años de experiencia, MBA es una firma líder en banca de inversión y administración de activos. Provee una vasta gama de servicios a una clientela amplia y diversificada, que incluye compañías nacionales, corporaciones internacionales e inversores globales. MBA ha asesorado a clientes en transacciones tanto en Argentina como en otros países de la región incluyendo Brasil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Panamá, Guatemala, y El Salvador.

El presidente de MBA es Alejandro F. Reynal, miembro del Consejo de Administración de la Universidad de San Andrés y del Directorio de Tuck School of Business en USA, entre otros. A lo largo de su historia, MBA ha realizado alianzas estratégicas con prestigiosas instituciones internacionales para proveer a sus clientes servicios de primer nivel con cobertura global. Es así como MBA estableció una alianza estratégica con Lazard para prestar servicios de asesoramiento a instituciones que inviertan en la Argentina y la región y a empresas locales que inviertan en el exterior. Con oficinas en 16 países, Lazard es un banco de inversión líder a nivel mundial que presta servicios de asesoramiento en fusiones y adquisiciones, administración de activos y reestructuraciones.