Tag: banking
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Unveiling Brazil’s Stock Market and Investment Fund Landscape: A Guide for Foreign Investors
Introduction:Brazil’s stock market, known as B3 (Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros), and its investment fund landscape offer foreign investors ample opportunities to participate in Brazil’s dynamic capital markets. In this blog post, we will provide an overview of Brazil’s stock market and delve into the investment fund landscape, discussing the main indices, top-listed companies,…
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Warren Buffet ignores election turmoil and invests in Brazilian payments processing company’s IPO
There were no shortage of alerts from banks and managers about the risk of a billionaire IPO of a Brazilian company at the moment, in the midst of an electoral turmoil. But the payment company Stone decided to move on and, it seems, can do well. A group of heavyweight names, including billionaire American investor…
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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…
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Itaú to buy Citibank Brazil for US$ 220 millionÂ
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…
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CADE Approves Bradesco’s HSBC Brazil Acquisition with Restricticions
Brazilian anti-trust council (CADE) has approved the acquisition of HSBC Brazil by Bradesco with restrictions. One immediate consequence of the of the restrictions imposed by CADE is that Bradesco is definitely out of the dispute to acquire Citi in brazil, since no new acquisition will be allowed to the bank for 30 months. On top…
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BTG Pactual Sells Distressed Debt Unit to Itau Unibanco
Brazil’s largest private sector banking group said on Thursday that it had agreed to acquire the distressed debt unit of the troubled investment firm BTG Pactual for about 1.2 billion reais, or about $307 million.The banking group, Itau Unibanco, will acquire 82 percent of the distressed debt unit, Recovery do Brasil Consultoria, for 640 million…
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Europe’s Top Banks Are Cutting Losses Throughout Latin America
European banks are on the retreat all across Latin America.Societe Generale SA announced in February that it’s dismissing more than 1,000 workers while exiting the consumer-finance business in Brazil. In August, HSBC Holdings Plc sold its unprofitable Brazilian unit, with more than 20,000 employees. Two months later, it was Deutsche Bank AG’s turn. The German…
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Barclays considering sale of investment banking business in Brazil
After disposing off its non-core assets in Portugal for €175m (£128m, $189m) in early September, Barclays is now considering the sale of its investment banking business in Brazil and is open to talks with potential buyers. The move is part of the bank’s restructuring programme led by new chairman John McFarlane. According to Sky News,…
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Bradesco confirms favoritism and acquires HSBC Brazil for US$ 5.2 Billion
Bradesco has confirmed its favoritism and, in the early hours of Monday, has formalized the acquisition of HSBC’s Brazilian operations, as highlighted by HSBC in its earnings report. The purchase was made for US$ 5.2 billion, or R$ 17.6 billion. The Brazilian central bank was notified last night of the transaction outcome. Thus, the amount to…