Inflation of inputs and global uncertainties have affected highway auctions this year, but the calendar of projects remains active. In April, three important state projects are planned: a block of roads in Rio Grande do Sul, the Belo Horizonte beltway (skirting the capital city of Minas Gerais) and the São Paulo beltway. The contracts add […]
The yield curve has fallen over the last three weeks as the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) signaled that it is likely to end the tightening cycle in May after raising the Selic, Brazil’s benchmark interest rate, to 12.75%. Market agents not only removed bets on a longer cycle as a result. They also […]
The Bolsonaro administration has celebrated a wave of multi-billion investments in railroads since the creation of a new legal framework for the sector, but part of the projects are led by companies with share capital apparently incompatible with the size of the announced projects. A research carried out by Valor suggests that at least five […]
Even after strong consolidation movements in the healthcare industry in recent months, companies maintain the appetite for more deals. Last week, executives from Dasa, Mater Dei and Rede D’Or cited the fact during conference calls. Among the largest recent acquisitions is the purchase of SulAmérica by Rede D’Or, announced in February. “People talk about a […]
After negotiations last year with BK Brasil — which operates the Burger King and Popeyes chains in the country — fell apart, the Domino’s pizzeria chain is looking inward to accelerate expansion this year. The company plans to open 35 stores this year, with growth especially in the Northeast region and with the attraction of […]
The flow of foreign capital to Brazil will be sustained in the medium term and there will be a new phase of investments towards fixed income assets, said Ricardo Mora, a partner and co-head of Latin America at Goldman Sachs. The American executive of Mexican descent spoke to Valor while in Brazil, his first interview […]
Suzano, the largest producer of eucalyptus pulp in the world, plans to enter new markets of $115 billion a year that are likely to grow in tandem with the decarbonization agenda. The company says its transformation project toward the bioeconomy remains firm and cited four fronts: textile, carbon, bio-oil and microfibrillated cellulose. “We will continue […]
Renault’s factory in São José dos Pinhais (state of Paraná) stopped 41 days throughout 2021 because of semiconductors shortage. For the same reason, between Monday and Friday the unit’s line work will be interrupted again. To the impossibility of working at full speed, which has become routine in the automotive industry, is added, currently, a […]
The weakening of globalization intensified by the war in Ukraine opens a good chance for Brazil to reduce its economic isolation and connect to global production chains for goods and services. But the opportunity will be lost without opening the economy and comprehensive economic reforms that make Brazil more attractive to international companies. The thesis […]
The current scenario of fiercer competition between brands, following the drop in consumer disposable income, has made the industry spend more to try to improve its sales. Amounts paid by companies to retail chains, or negotiations involving discounts on invoices, lost strength in the first year of the pandemic, but accelerated again at levels above […]