Tag: CADE
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Brazilian Antitrust Council Investigates 15 Foreign Financial Institutions for FOREX Manipulation
Brazilian antitrust council, CADE (Administrative Council for Economic Defense), opened an administrative process to investigate alleged cartel consisting of 15 foreign financial institutions in order to manipulate the foreign exchange market. It is the first antitrust case in Brazil for manipulating rates in the financial market. Some of these banks have been investigated for the…
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CADE rejects Telefónica and Telecom Italia merge. Vodafone is arriving in Brazil?
Brazilian antitrust authority, Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) rejected Telefónica’s (TEF) embargoes and kept the fine of BRL 15 million that was imposed on the company for breach of the agreement signed in 2010, by which it should stay away from TIM (TSU), controlled by Telecom Italia (TI). Official Announcement With the negative for…