You were looking for a vehicle to invest in Brazil?

JP Morgan launches a closed-end fund focuses in Brazil. This is the first London-listed vehicle to focus solely on Brazil. In fact, Brazil is the last BRIC to have his dedicated fund. Over the past 17 years, the same stable has launched dedicated funds invested in China, India and Russia. “The specific attraction of JPContinue reading “You were looking for a vehicle to invest in Brazil?”

Interest rates in Brazil are kept flat (whether you like it or not)

Last night, The Central Bank of Brazil kept its benchmark rate steady at 8.75%, against market expectations. It was not an unanimous decision, as five members voted for keeping rates flat while the other three voted for increasing rates by 50 bps. Some argue that tightening now would have been the best choice as theContinue reading “Interest rates in Brazil are kept flat (whether you like it or not)”

Brazil: again the safe port for investors?

Negative news flows from Europe may impact investor’s confidence in the short-term. It would be too optimist to think that Brazil is completely immune to a change in investors flows.  Nonetheless, the Brazilian Central Bank has recently lifted part of the liquidity relief measures. These measures were adopted to help small banks after the credit crisis. This could be interpretedContinue reading “Brazil: again the safe port for investors?”

Ranking of 57 Brazilian multinational companies

The Brazilian finantial newspaper – Jornal Valor, publishes a special bilingual review “Multinacionais Brasileiras”; a selection of the most internatiional companies in Brazil;  57 companies are ranked from an universe of 173 companies with operations abroad. Only two banks on the list: Itau-Unibanco and Banco do Brasil. via Ranking traz 57 multinacionais brasileiras.

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