Buenos Aires-based hedge fund manager Copernico Capital Partners has hired Andre Caldas Oliveira to assess investment opportunties in Brazil...

Buenos Aires-based hedge fund manager Copernico Capital Partners has hired Andre Caldas Oliveira to assess investment opportunties in Brazil. Mr Oliveira joins from Bassini, Playfair, where he was a portfolio manager. In his new role, he will evaluate equity market and special situation investments across the region, but mainly in Brazil for Copernico's event-driven Copernico Latin America Strategic Fund. Copernico manages $320 million through hedge funds and managed accounts for financial institutions including private banks, funds of hedge funds, family offices and high net worth individual in Latin America, the US and Europe.