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  • Itaú pays US$1.8 billion for 49.9% of XP Investmentos

    After two months of discreet talks, Itaú Unibanco closed on Thursday (May, 11th) the purchase of 49.9% of the total capital of XP Investimentos for R$ 6.3 Billion, which includes R$ 600 million in resources that the bank will inject into the company. With the transaction, the country’s largest private bank reserves its space in…

  • Itaú to buy Citibank Brazil for US$ 220 million 

    Itaú has agreed to pay R$ 710 million (approximately US$ 220 million) for the retail operations of Citibank in Brazil. The transaction was announced this morning. Citi primarily serves high-income customers and has 315,000 account holders in the country. In the acquisition, Itaú acquired loan portfolio, credit cards, deposits, asset management, insurance brokerage and the…

  • Race for HSBC Brazil: Bradesco is ahead with an offer of US$ 3.4 Billion

    HSBC confirmed on Tuesday that will leave Brazil and Turkey, in a restructuring plan that will eliminate 50,000 jobs worldwide. In the dispute by the British bank business portfolio in Brazil, Bradesco took the lead with an offer of $ 3.4 billion by the British bank, ahead of Santander and Itaú Unibanco. HSBC is one of…

  • Itaú Unibanco: Largest Private-Controlled Bank in Latin America

    Itaú is the second largest bank in Brazil. Only behind Banco do Brasil, which is a government-controlled bank, even though part of its equity is traded at Bovespa. We do not recommend exposure to government-controlled companies in Brazil so Itaú is the largest bank we cover in LATAM. Itaú Unibanco was formed as the merge…

  • Got MIlk? Got Meat? BR Foods has strong brands in the meat processing and dairy industry in Brazil

    BR Foods owns three very strong brands in the food market in Brazil: Perdigão, Sadia and Batavo. With more than 55,000 employees, it is one the largest Brazilian processed food companies. Its international operations reach more than 140 countries. The firm sells over 3,000 products both domestically and abroad, with a focus on the sale of processed…

  • Investing in Bradesco: building on its presence

    Bradesco is the third-largest bank in Brazil. Unlike in most developed countries where small banks and credit unions are always present, in Brazil, the bank industry has a well-established oligopoly, where the 4 major banks have around 70% of the market share together. This oligopoly along with the high switching-cost in the banking industry gives…

  • Ambev: Great Long-Term Investment. Cheers!

    Ask any Brazilian what is their favorite beer and you are likely to get one of these three answers: Skol, Brahma or Antarctica. Since we are talking about Ambev in this post, you must be guessing Ambev owns Skol, which is the dominant beer brand in Brazil. That’s partly right. Ambev does own Skol. But…