Adcap Grupo Financiero strengthens its research team with the arrival of Eduardo Levi Yeyati and Federico Filippini

Adcap Financial Group adds two prominent doctors in Economics, such as Eduardo Levi Yeyati and Federico Filippini to lead the research team.

Levi Yeyati will lead the team as Chief Economic Advisor, while Filippini takes the position of Chief Economist and, Javier Casabalwill continue to be responsible for Strategy of the area.

Eduardo Levi Yeyati He is a civil engineer from the UBA and a doctor in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He also has an extensive teaching career as a Plenary Professor of Economics and Public Policies at the Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT). In addition, he wrote five essays in his extensive academic career.

In public service, he was Senior Advisor and founding Director of the Argentina 2030 program in the Chief of Staff of Ministers of Argentina, Director of the Investment and Commercial Credit Bank (BICE) and Chief Economist and Manager of Monetary and Financial Policy of the Central Bank Argentinean.

During his time in the private sector, he was Head of Research for Latin America and Emerging Markets Strategy at Barclays Capital and Senior Financial Advisor at the World Bank.

For its part, Federico Filippini He has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Torcuato Di Tella University and a Doctor in Economics from New York University. In his extensive career, Federico was Undersecretary of Macroeconomic Programming in the National Ministry of Finance and also served as Chief Economist of the macro/financial consulting firm Mindy Economics and the consulting firm Alberdi Partners. His work as a consultant includes his contribution to the World Bank and the World Health Organization, where he provided support on macro-financial issues and analysis of public policies applied in the pandemic. His academic production also focuses on macro-financial issues and health economics.

“Adcap is positioned as one of the leading companies in the local market. As such, it represents a great opportunity for my professional career, where I hope to work alongside colleagues and clients to understand the economic challenges and opportunities in the market. In this sense, I want to contribute my more than 10 years of experience doing macro research, both for Argentina and for the global economy, using solid tools and a creative perspective. In the short term, the objective is to establish ourselves as a local and global reference for macro analysis of Argentina and the region,” Filippini assured.

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For his part, Yeyati added: “My goal is to raise the level of depth in analysis and sophistication in the design of trading strategies in Adcap Research and in the Argentine financial industry in general. I will promote their achievement standards of places like New York or Londontaking advantage of both recent technological advances and the opportunities that the deepening of the local capital market will bring.”

“With the incorporation of Eduardo and Federico, who bring extensive experience in the private, public and academic sectors, we are positioned at the forefront in the area of ​​Research and economic analysis for our clients. In these challenging times for Argentina, we want to consolidate a robust team, equipped to provide accurate and high-quality market information. “This allows us to anticipate changes and respond quickly to the needs of our clients, adding value to each strategic decision they make,” express Javier Timerman, Managing Partner, Adcap Grupo Financiero.