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Tag Archives: economy
Brazil’s XP chooses a road often travelled: selling to Itaú
Brazilian brokerage firm XP Holding Investimentos has pulled its IPO in favour of selling a large minority stake to Itaú. The announcement came just days after XP had filed for an IPO that was expected to raise between $1.5 billion … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Lifestyle Blog
Tagged brokerage, Consolidation, economy, GDP growth, IPO, Itau, shares, XP Investimentos
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NPLs point to credit quality recovery in Brazil
The Q1 2017 results of the Brazilian banks might mark the beginning of an inflection point for the country’s credit performance, according to Fitch Ratings. The rating agency believes that the signs of stabilization of the banks’ non-performing loans (NPLs) … Continue reading
Santander Brasil begins to win converts to its turnaround story
Credit Suisse believes 2017 will be seen as “a defining year” in the history of Santander Brasil. Marcelo Telles, the Swiss bank’s equity analyst for the Brazil-listed bank, believes the perennially underperforming bank is achieving a strategic turnaround – and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged Banking, banks, brazil, Credit Suisse, economy, getnet, Marcelo Telles, momentum, NII, NIM, Santander Brasil, Turnaround
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Banco do Brasil begins to convince
Banco do Brasil’s CEO Paulo Rogerio Caffarelli has expressed confidence that the bank will see a significant recovery in profitability and other financial metrics during the rest of this year, due to a combination of a return to growth for … Continue reading
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Tagged Banco do Brasil, Banco Patagonia, banks, brazil, cost cutting, economy, finance, NII, NIM, Paulo Caffarelli
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Peña presses on as Paraguay outperforms
This year Paraguay is marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of its most famous writers, Augusto Roa Bastos, who once described his landlocked country as: “An island surrounded by land”. The small Latin American country, with a … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, finance, GDP, IDB, Infrastructure, latin america, Mercosur, Pacific Alliance, Paraguay, PPP, Santiago Pena
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Argentina’s Prat-Gay becomes Macri’s fall guy
The surprise resignation of Argentina’s finance minister Alfonso Prat-Gay at the end of December is a sign of president Mauricio Macri’s increasing nervousness ahead of this year’s crucial mid-term elections. The president asked Prat-Gay to leave and has split the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfonso Prat-Gay, Argentina, Cambiemos, Capital Economics, economy, Edward Glossop, Mauricio Macri, mid-term elections, Nicolas Dujovne, Pedro Lacoste, \
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Who really kicked Dilma out?
The decision by the Brazilian congress to authorise the impeachment trail of President Dilma Rousseff appears to have been largely priced-in. This follows a huge rally in Brazilian financial assets in 2016 as the possibility of impeachment grew, with the Ibovespa … Continue reading
