Brazil’s largest online stores are increasingly adding Pix as a payment method, with a record share in March, while debt cards are losing ground since the launch of Central Bank’s instant-payment system, the latest edition of the payment study Gmattos found. Last month, 69.5% of the analyzed stores offered the option of payment via Pix, […]
The sale of Braskem became competitive again. U.S.-based asset management company Apollo Capital made a non-binding offer of R$44.57 per share for the stake that is in the hands of Novonor (ex-Odebrecht), Valor has learned. Three sources familiar with the matter confirmed the interest of Apollo, which in the past had a relevant stake in […]
The asset management company Pátria Investimentos decided to put its data center division up for sale and is already in advanced talks with international M&A boutiques and foreign investment banks to define who could take over the business, sources familiar with the matter say. Odata would be valued at about $1 billion and is likely […]
After setbacks in the last few days, the government managed to appoint José Mauro Ferreira Coelho as Petrobras’s CEO and Márcio Andrade Weber as chair of the state-owned oil company. The two positions were open after Adriano Pires and Rodolfo Landim gave up, this week, to run for these positions, respectively. The new names were […]
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 […]