Fiduecuador

What Fiduecuador does

Fiduecuador (Fiduciaria Ecuador Fiduecuador S.A.) is a Quito-based fiduciary services company founded in 1999 that administers trust assets, fiduciary mandates, and securitization structures for individuals, businesses, and institutions across Ecuador. The firm operates under two specialized authorizations from Ecuador's Superintendencia de Compañías: as Administradora de Fondos y Negocios Fiduciarios (granted 2000) and as Agente de Manejo en Titularización (granted 2002), which together permit it to administer mercantile trusts, manage fiduciary mandates, and act as management agent in securitization processes.

The company's core product lines are Fideicomisos Mercantiles (mercantile trusts), Encargos Fiduciarios (fiduciary mandates), and Fideicomisos de Titularización (securitization trusts). These services are supported by Gestor Web, a proprietary web-based platform that gives clients visibility into trust operations, documentation, and mandate status. At the time of the source material, Fiduecuador administered approximately $1,840MM in assets across more than 1,350 businesses and had structured $3,270MM in securitization processes. The firm maintains a strategic alliance with Metrovalores Casa de Valores S.A., a brokerage, to access capital-markets clients.

Fiduecuador's business model is fee-based. Revenue is generated from upfront contract drafting and structuring fees (the published tariff schedule lists fees such as approximately $200 for certain trust contracts), recurring administration fees on assets under management, and episodic structuring and management fees on securitization transactions. Customer acquisition is primarily direct and relationship-driven, augmented by the Metrovalores alliance for capital-markets distribution. The firm is privately held and does not publicly disclose revenue, headcount, or financial performance beyond the regulatory and AUM figures cited above.

Name

Fiduecuador

Legal name

FIDUCIARIA ECUADOR FIDUECUADOR S.A.

Website

https://fiduecuador.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fiduecuador is a Quito-based fiduciary services company founded in 1999 that administers mercantile trusts, fiduciary mandates, and securitization structures for individuals, businesses, and institutions across Ecuador, holding $1,840MM in assets under administration across 1,350+ mandates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fiduciary Services

NAICS

Trust, Fiduciary, and Custody Activities (523991), Trusts, Estates, and Agency Accounts (525920), Trusts, Estates, and Agency Accounts (52592)

SIC

Asset-Backed Securities (6189), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Trust Administration & Fiduciary Accounting Services (FSAAANAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate & Institutional Trust Services (FSAAANAB), Fiduciary Agency & Trustee-for-Hire Services (FSAAANAL)

Keywords

• Fiduciary services
• Trust administration
• Fund administration
• Securitization services
• Fiduciary management

Headquarters

HQ city

Quito

HQ country

Ecuador

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Fiduciary Administration Fees: Annual administration fees adjusted according to INEC inflation index, charged as a percentage of managed assets under fiduciary contracts.
2. Contract Drafting and Signing Fees: USD 200.00 for drafting and signing each contract supporting administration activity; USD 100.00 for review and signing; USD 100.00 for reform of private contracts; USD 250 for assignment of rights; USD 450.00 for preparation, closing and inscription of purchase-sales when fiduciary handles all.
3. Securitization Services: Fees for structuring and managing securitization processes, transforming assets or rights into negotiable securities for market placement.
4. Fiduciary Mandate Services: Fees for managing irrevocable mandates for gestión, investment, custody, alienation, or disposition on behalf of constituents or beneficiaries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fiduecuador administers fiduciary structures on behalf of personal and institutional clients in Ecuador, with three product lines: commercial trusts (Fideicomisos Mercantiles) for administration, guarantee, investment, real estate, and automotive collateral purposes; fiduciary mandates (Encargos Fiduciarios) for irrevocable management of investment, custody, or disposition; and securitization trusts (Fideicomisos de Titularización) that transform assets into negotiable securities for capital-markets placement. All services are delivered under regulatory authorization from the Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros, and supported by the proprietary Gestor Web client-management platform.

Product overview

Fiduecuador S.A. is a fiduciary services company offering a unified portfolio of trust-based financial products. The core offerings consist of three main product lines: Fideicomisos Mercantiles (commercial trusts, including administration, cash flow management, guarantee, investment, securitization, automotive guarantee, and real estate subtypes), Encargos Fiduciarios (fiduciary mandates for investment, custody, or asset disposition), and Fideicomisos de Titularización (securitization trusts). Through a strategic alliance with Metrovalores Casa de Valores S.A., the company extends its services to include securities brokerage, M&A advisory, investment advisory, asset securitization, business valuation, portfolio administration, and structured securities issuance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fideicomisos Mercantiles Trust arrangement under which one or more constituents transfer movable or immovable assets to an autonomous heritage fund (patrimonio autónomo) managed by Fiduecuador as fiduciary for the benefit of the constituent or a third-party beneficiary, with subtypes covering administration, cash-flow management, guarantee, investment, securitization, automotive collateral, and real estate project administration.
• Encargos Fiduciarios Written and express contract by which a constituent instructs Fiduecuador as fiduciary to irrevocably and temporarily manage various purposes such as investment, custody, alienation, or disposition in favor of the constituent or a third-party beneficiary.
• Fideicomisos de Titularización Administration trust designed to back a securitization (titularización) process, in which the originator contributes assets or rights — including portfolio documents, income-generating real estate, development projects, and future cash flows — that generate predictable cash flows and are converted into negotiable securities (títulos valores) for placement in the capital markets.

Quantifiable outcome

• $1,840MM in assets under administration
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Metrovalores Casa de Valores S.A.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alliance with Metrovalores Casa de Valores S.A. enabling Fiduecuador to offer expanded capital markets services to personal and institutional clients including: securities brokerage, M&A advisory, investment advisory, asset securitization, business valuation, portfolio administration, strategic partner search, and structuring of securities issuances (commercial paper, bonds, shares, etc.).

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Maples Group: International fiduciary and fund services firm providing trust, fund administration, and corporate services from leading offshore and onshore centers. Provides an incumbent benchmark for fiduciary scale, governance, and cross-border structuring capabilities versus Fiduecuador's domestic franchise.
• SGG Group: Provider of corporate, fiduciary, fund, and securitization administration services to international clients. Overlaps with Fiduecuador's securitization-administration capabilities and serves comparable institutional and private-client use cases, on a broader geographic footprint.
• Vistra: International corporate services and fiduciary group with fund administration, trust, and corporate services capabilities across multiple jurisdictions. Compares on the multi-jurisdictional trust and fund-administration operating model, competing for institutional Latin American clients seeking cross-border structuring.
• JTC Group: Global provider of fund administration, corporate services, and private-client fiduciary services. Overlaps with Fiduecuador in fiduciary administration and fund services for institutional and HNW clients, but operates as a multi-jurisdictional incumbent rather than an Ecuadorian specialist.
• Intertrust (CSC): Corporate, fiduciary, and fund administration services provider (now part of CSC) operating across major financial centers. Comparable in administering trusts and structured-finance vehicles for institutional clients, though at global rather than Ecuadorian scale.
• TMF Group: Global provider of compliance, fiduciary, accounting, and corporate secretarial services across 80+ jurisdictions. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering trust administration and securitization-adjacent services to multinational and institutional clients, though at global rather than Ecuadorian scale.

Regional players

• Banco Central del Ecuador - fiduciary oversight unit: Ecuadorian public-sector institution involved in financial-system regulation and oversight relevant to fiduciary activity. Included as an adjacent Ecuadorian ecosystem participant rather than a commercial peer — included for context on Fiduecuador's regulatory perimeter.

Direct peers

• FYNSA - Finanzas y Negocios S.A. Ecuadorian fiduciary administration firm offering trust administration, investment funds, and securitization services. Directly comparable as a domestic Administradora de Fondos y Negocios Fiduciarios competing with Fiduecuador for the same corporate, personal, and securitization mandates in Ecuador.
• Fiducia S.A. Ecuador-domiciled trust and fiduciary services firm administering commercial trusts, guarantee structures, and securitization vehicles. Competes head-to-head with Fiduecuador in the same regulatory regime administered by the Superintendencia de Compañías.

Emerging players

• Zafitrust S.A. Emerging regional fiduciary services firm operating in Latin America with trust-administration and corporate-services offerings. Comparable as an emerging niche entrant pursuing similar trust/fiduciary mandates in the LatAm region, though smaller and earlier-stage than Fiduecuador.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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