Itau Securities to Host the 4th Annual Brazil CEO Conference in New York Focused...

Itau Securities to Host the 4th Annual Brazil CEO Conference in New York
Focused on the Brazilian Equity Market

Conference will feature more than 43 of the largest Brazilian companies

NEW YORK, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Itau Securities, the securities arm Itau
Unibanco Banco Multiplo (NYSE: ITU), one of the largest banking groups in
Latin America by market cap, announced that it will host the most
comprehensive global equity conference dedicated to Brazil in New York, on May
20-21 for its fourth consecutive year.

Over 43 companies across all sectors and market capitalization will attend the
conference. Each company will be represented by their CEOs and other senior
executives.

Itau Securities has pioneered the Brazilian security distribution service
globally, and is the first to provide dedicated coverage and distribution of
Brazilian securities to investors on every continent. Itau was the first Latin
American bank to have a broker dealer in Hong Kong, and was the first
financial institution from a BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) country to
open up a broker dealer in Tokyo. In addition to its well established broker
dealer in London, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sao Paulo, the Company has a
sales office in Dubai covering the UAE and the Middle East.

Itau Securities has also the largest team of research analysts, with an
in-depth coverage of over 130 listed companies. Itau Securities and Itau
Unibanco, the investment banking arm of the group, have consistently occupied
a leading position in the Brazilian equities league table since 2004.

Itau BBA is the country's largest wholesale bank. Operating in the treasury,
corporate and investment banking segments, it provides these encompassing
services to Brazil's 2,500 largest organizations. For the last three years,
Itau BBA has been one of the leading investment banks in Brazil, consistently
leading Equities, M&A and local Fixed Income rankings. Since 2004 Itau BBA led
approximately US$40 billion in equities and US$ 17 billion in fixed income
offerings and advised on close to 50 M&A transactions. Itau BBA bookrun five
out of the six largest public offerings ever done in Brazil and was named
Brazil's Best Investment Bank of the year by Latin Finance in 2006 and 2008.

Itau Unibanco Banco Multiplo recently announced that, effective May 20, 2009,
the company will trade under a four letter ticker symbol -- "ITUB".
Separately, Itau Unibanco Banco Multiplo will change its name to Itau Unibanco
Holding S.A., pending ratification by the Brazilian Central Bank.

Itau Unibanco Banco Multiplo. (ADR: ITUB) is a multiple bank under the
supervision of the Central Bank of Brazil and is one of the largest financial
institutions in Latin America by Market Cap. CEO Roberto Setubal was named top
CEO in the category of Banking & Finance Services by Institutional Investor in
2006. Itau's market capitalization is US$ 57 billion as of May 18, 2008.
Itau's shares are traded on three Stock Exchanges: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and
New York. Euromoney has named Itau the best Brazilian bank every year since
1998.

For more information and details about the New York conference, please contact
Renata Comeaux, Itau USA Securities at (212) 710-6756.

For more information on Itau, please visit our website at www.itau.com.br. For
U.S. investors please contact Itau USA Securities Inc. in New York, MEMBER:
FINRA/SIPC, at: 212-207-9056.

About Itau USA Securities:
Itau USA Securities Inc. MEMBER: FINRA/SIPC

Itau USA Securities was established in 2002 in New York as a broker dealer
specialized in distributing Brazilian public and private equities and fixed
income securities to institutional investors. The company is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Itau Securities (Itau Corretora de Valores S.A.), the securities
arm of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A., and a member of the FINRA, NFA and
SIPC.

SOURCE Itau Securities

Ivette Almeida, Media Relations, +1-646-284-9455,
Ivette.almeida@us.grayling.com, for Itau Securities