Opinion on Financial Services in Brazil

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Emerging markets: Wall Street backs the samba boys

Wall Street fears that a Brazil defeat in tomorrow's England soccer match could destabilize the country's volatile stock markets and weaken the right wing government's electoral chances. The US is largely unmoved by soccer - but if Brazil were to follow Argentina into meltdown, this would seriously affect American financial interests.

Published By Datamonitor
20 Jun 2002
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CommentWire

Brazil: intending to launch sovereign wealth fund

Following the discovery of new oil fields, Brazil's government has signaled its intent to launch a sovereign wealth fund, which will initially be used to control inflation. However, due to Brazil's stabilization mandate, the fund is unlikely to be painted with the same broad (negative) brush as the Middle East's sovereign wealth funds.

Published By Datamonitor
11 Jun 2008
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CommentWire

Santander: benefiting from the BRIC bounce

The muscular market rallies that have occurred in the domestic stock markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2009 make share sales within these countries an attractive option for capital-hungry international banks. Reports suggest that Santander's Brazil unit is considering the sale of shares in its domestic market, and many more may follow its lead.

Published By Datamonitor
20 Aug 2009
Expert View
Expert View

Brazil is booming and the wealth management industry is preparing for the rewards

The Brazilian Central Bank has announced that it has narrowed its current account deficit since April 2010 as a result of increased exports and less money leaving the country. With development in the north-east offering expansion possibilities for Brazilian industry and an increasingly prosperous population led by an emerging middle class, wealth management in Brazil is an emerging opportunity.

Published By Datamonitor
27 May 2011
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Itau Unibanco's Chilean joint venture highlights wealth market potential

Itau Unibanco has agreed to sign a joint venture agreement with the Chilean financial services firm Munita, Cruzat & Claro. The venture will operate under the Munita, Cruzat & Claro brand and highlights the growing attraction of local South American wealth markets for expansion-hungry global banks, as well as the particular strength of the economy in Chile.

Published By Datamonitor
09 Aug 2011
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Online commerce: creating opportunities for new type of cooperation in combating fraud

The growth in online commerce is creating opportunities for fraudsters and this in turn calls for a new type of cooperation between consumers, merchants, and card-issuing banks. For banks, this means that educating the customer and the merchant is becoming as important as directly targeting compromised accounts, particularly given the magnitude of recent security breaches in the industry.

Published By Datamonitor
16 Aug 2011
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Brazil's consumers embrace cash-free payments

Despite fewer merchants adopting point-of-sale terminals to process transactions and a rapidly expanding ATM network, Brazil's consumers are embracing cashless payments at an ever-increasing rate. Businesses operating in Brazil would be well advised to embrace the latest payment technology to exploit both its popularity and added security.

Published By Datamonitor
23 Nov 2011
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Latin American wealth markets: European wealth managers are packing their bags

Barclays Wealth has announced the closure of its only Latin American office in Buenos Aires. Latin American clients will now be served from the US. The region offers substantial revenues for global wealth managers; however, the right strategy is not easy to find.

Published By Datamonitor
11 Jan 2012
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Mobile banking boom expected in Nigeria

A number of recent announcements suggest that Nigeria is set for a mobile banking boom, with several banks looking to secure a share of previously unbanked or underbanked consumers. The latest announcements from First Bank and Standard Chartered suggest that the popularity of mobile banking in Africa is spreading beyond Kenya.

Published By Datamonitor
21 Feb 2012
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Brazilian wealth market to increase in value by $444bn by 2015

The Brazilian wealth market is the largest in Latin America, accounting for two-thirds of the region's total wealth market value in 2011. Brazil's market is also expected to experience the highest future growth, and by 2015 Datamonitor forecasts that the value of liquid assets held by affluent individuals in the country will have increased by $444bn.

Published By Datamonitor
23 Feb 2012

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