Foreign private equity investment in Brazil has slowed to a trickle. But local investors looking to diversify their portfolios are stepping up to the plate.
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An Increasingly Steep Curve
Brazilian companies are facing a credit crunch. International loans are extremely hazardous and renewing maturing loans is almost impossible.
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Banking Through the Crises
Brazilian banks are a hardy bunch, tough enough to withstand the current crisis. It’s the foreigners who are starting to bail out.
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Buildin a Better Base
Globo dominates Brazilian media but the company’s wide reach has stretched its capital structure too far. Now the company has a new financing plan.
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Corporate Law Comes of Age
Brazil’s new Civil Code includes rules that modernize the country’s corporate law and should facilitate increasingly complex business transactions.
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Business & Banking
Corus Acquires CSN European steel company Corus Group announced the purchase of Brazil’s leading steel company Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) in a stock deal worth $1.8 billion. Corus shareholders will […]
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Keeping the Financial Faith
Armínio Fraga, Brazil’s central bank president, believes Brazil can achieve an investment grade debt rating in less than three years.
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Sovereign Profile
Brazilian Bailout After months of increasing volatility and a crashing currency in Brazil, the International Monetary Fund signed off on a $30 billion rescue package for the beleaguered country. The World […]
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Passing on Politics
Uncertainty over Brazil’s upcoming presidential election has the financial markets reeling. Whoever wins will have to work to bring Brazil back from the brink.
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The Fund’s Financial Folly
The International Monetary Fund has gone soft on Brazil while keeping its hard line on Argentina. Brazil gets a $30 billion IMF bailout but Argentina stays on bread and water. […]