Julius Baer Group Ltd. said it would sell its domestic Brazilian business to Banco BTG Pactual SA, the biggest independent investment bank in Latin America, for 615 million reais ($101 million).

Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual is set to announce the acquisition of Swiss private bank Julius Baer's local unit in a deal worth about 1 billion reais ($163.6 million), newspaper O Globo reported on Monday.

Julius Baer Brazil serves high and ultra-high-net-worth clients in São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil’s BTG Pactual agreed to acquire the local operations of Swiss private bank Julius Baer for BRL615 million ($101 million), bolstering its position in the wealth management business, the lenders said Tuesday.

( MENAFN - Swissinfo) Swiss private bank Julius Bär has signed an agreement to sell its operation in Brazil, Julius Baer Brasil Gestão de Patrimônio e Consultoria de Valores Mobiliários, to Banco BTG Pactual for 615 million reais, or CHF91 million ($100.7 million).

Fernando Vallada, presidente da unidade brasileira do Julius Baer, deve ficar no BTG Pactual após o banco brasileiro concluir a aquisição do negócio do gestor de fortunas suíço, disse uma pessoa familiarizada com o assunto.

Julius Baer said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell its Brazilian domestic wealth management business to Banco BTG Pactual, days before Stefan Bollinger takes over as chief executive after a difficult year for the Swiss bank.