Oppenheimer & Co. has announced that Lucila Broide has joined the firm as a director and head of Latin American sovereign credit research.

Lucila, who has 15 years of experience covering Latin American Sovereign credits, will provide insight and analysis on global sovereign credits, with a particular focus on the Caribbean and Central America.

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She will help expand Oppenheimer’s already-substantial presence in Emerging Market Trading and Sales, as well as provide support for their Sovereign Debt underwriting activities.

Lucila will work at 85 Broad Street, where she will report to Hoai Ngo and Colleen Burns, Oppenheimer’s co-heads of Fixed Income research.

"I am impressed by Lucila Broide’s previous experience as an analyst at Fitch, where she participated in ratings assignments, speaking engagements, and influenced client and government entity decisions. Her background should help her flourish in her responsibilities at Oppenheimer," said Hoai Ngo.

"Her experience shows a remarkable grasp of Latin American economics and fixed income analysis, especially sovereign ratings, as well as extensive client contact," added Colleen Burns.

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Lucila joins Oppenheimer from Fitch Ratings, where she served as Sovereign Analyst — Director in its Americas Sovereign Group.

Prior to her time at Fitch, she worked at Merrill Lynch — Bank of America as a Vice President and Strategist for the company’s Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy and Latin American Economics & Fixed Income Strategies.

She began her fixed income career as the junior fixed income portfolio manager with SEI Investments in Buenos Aires.