SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual is set to announce the acquisition of a Swiss private bank Julius Baer (SIX:) local unit in a deal worth about 1 billion reais ($163.6 million), O Globo newspaper reported on Monday.
BTG Pactual will announce the deal this week, according to the report, without specifying how the information was obtained.
BTG Pactual and Julius Baer declined to comment.

Reuters reported in November, citing sources, that Julius Baer tapped Goldman Sachs to advise on the sale of its Brazilian operation.
($1 = 6.1113 reais)







