Latin America Private Equity Placement Market
Latin America represents an emerging private equity market with growing sophistication in fundraising infrastructure. Chilean and Brazilian placement agents lead regional activity, connecting local and international fund managers with Latin American institutional capital, particularly the powerful Chilean pension system (AFPs) and Brazilian insurance companies and family offices.
Why Choose Latin American Placement Agents
LATAM-based placement agents offer specialized advantages for managers targeting regional institutional capital and cross-border fundraising. These firms navigate diverse regulatory frameworks across multiple jurisdictions, maintain crucial relationships with Chilean AFPs (collectively managing over $200 billion), Brazilian pension funds, and understand the cultural and structural nuances essential for successful fundraising across Latin American markets.
Leading Latin American placement agencies typically focus on deep relationships with 50-150+ institutional investors and family offices across the region, providing access to capital allocators in Chile, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and other growing markets with increasing allocations to private equity strategies.
Top Private Equity Placement Agents in Latin America (4)
Calpa
Calpa Partners is a global independent placement agent providing capital raising and strategic advisory services to private equity, real assets, and private credit fund managers. With offices in London, New York, and Chicago, the firm has advised on over 90 alternative asset funds since 2012.
Nazca
Nazca Capital is a Madrid-based private equity firm founded in 2001, managing over โฌ500 million across seven funds. The firm specializes in partnering with Spanish family businesses and management teams to execute ambitious growth projects, having completed 107 transactions with a 91% focus on family-owned companies.
Picton
Picton is an independent investment firm founded in 2011 that serves high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors throughout Latin America. The firm specializes in placement agent services for alternative assets and mutual funds, plus multi-family office wealth management across Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Costa Rica.
Valery
Amsterdam-based institutional placement agent and advisory firm specializing in primary fundraising, secondary transactions, and strategic advisory for private equity and private debt funds. Positioning itself as the #1 Benelux Private Equity Placement Agent since 2009.