Nomura adds Kulesz to Latin America team to cover Argentina, Venezuela

By Marisa Wong

Madison, Wis., May 28 - Nomura announced that Javier Kulesz has joined the firm's emerging markets group as a managing director and senior desk analyst covering Argentina and Venezuela.

Based in New York, Kulesz will be responsible for providing the Asia-based investment bank's trading desk and institutional investors with his view on macroeconomic forces affecting Argentina and Venezuela.

"We are thrilled to have [Kulesz] join our Latin American team," Adam Groothuis, head of Latin American credit trading, said in a press release. "His experience and outstanding reputation will provide a substantial boost to our sovereign credit trading effort, particularly in Argentina and Venezuela which have been at the forefront of regional headlines in recent months."

Kulesz was most recently chairman of UBS' office in Buenos Aires and chief economist covering Latin America.

Prior to working for UBS, he worked at Fleet Boston as a Latin sovereign analyst and head FX and local markets strategist.

Kulesz also spent time at the World Bank as a country analyst for Costa Rica, the release noted.

Nomura is based in Tokyo and has regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London and New York.

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