A survey carried out in Beijing and Shanghai shows that consumers are willing to pay 20% more for Brazilian meat that has nothing to do with the destruction of the Amazon 04/30/2024 Kevin Chen and Eduardo Assad — Foto: Rogerio Vieira/Valor At a time when China is increasing the number of Brazilian slaughterhouses authorized to […]
Market harbors doubts, however, about the retailer’s ability to emerge from reorganization 04/30/2024 Renato Franklin — Foto: Rogerio Vieira/Valor Casas Bahia’s request for extrajudicial restructuring was approved Monday night by a São Paulo court, marking an attempt by the retailer to close this chapter and convey to the market that its focus is now squarely […]
An increase of 3.9% compared to the last three months of 2023, according to data from the RGF Monitor 04/30/2024 Rodrigo Gallegos — Foto: Rogerio Vieira/Valor The number of companies in court-ordered reorganization in Brazil continues to rise. By the end of the first quarter, 4,203 companies were under court supervision to renegotiate debts with […]
Review of prices following more conservative tone in the U.S. monetary policy opened opportunities in inflation-indexed bonds 04/30/2024 Luciano Telo — Foto: Rogerio Vieira/Valor The sharp movements in interest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds in April led to a review of prices worldwide. In Brazil, that translated into higher premiums for fixed-income investments. Tesouro IPCA+, […]
Agreement with BB and Bradesco includes out-of-court reorganization 04/29/2024 Renato Franklin — Foto: Rogerio Vieira/Valor The Casas Bahia group informed the market on Sunday (28) that it has reached an out-of-court reorganization agreement with its main creditors, Banco do Brasil and Bradesco, to carry out a reprofiling of the entire company’s debt. The payment term […]
Leaders in the sector in Brazil, who announced investments of R$3.8bn in 2023, will prioritize industrial projects in new disbursements totaling R$7.4bn 04/29/2024 Fernando Degobbi — Foto: Divulgação Despite a profitability decline in 2023, due to commodity price fluctuations, agribusiness cooperatives remain keen to invest—particularly in industrial projects aimed at adding value to their products. […]
Delinquency continues to fall, and the portfolio is growing at a moderate pace, but the macroeconomic context can bring challenges 04/29/2024 Marcelo Noronha — Foto: Ana Paula Paiva/Valor Large publicly-traded banks are expected to see new profit growth in the first quarter, continuing the trends observed in recent periods: a slight decrease in defaults and […]
Chance of higher U.S. interest rates for longer could push IPOs to 2025 04/26/2024 Vitor Saraiva — Foto: Silvia Costanti/Valor Contrary to the optimism at the end of last year, 2024 has begun weakly for stock offerings on the Brazilian stock exchange, marking the least active start in at least eight years in terms of […]
High employment levels benefit economic activity and may boost growth but pressure inflation and could impact the intensity of interest rate cuts 04/26/2024 Leonardo Porto — Foto: Leonardo Rodrigues/Valor The unexpectedly robust job market performance has surprised economists and is good news for economic activity. However, it is also a major concern for the Central […]
Factory in Paraná starts operating in 2026 making refrigerators; there are also plans for washing machines and dryers 04/26/2024 Daniel Song — Foto: Gabriel Reis/Valor LG Electronics is expanding white goods production in Brazil and launching a relationship program to better understand Brazilian consumers. In the first quarter of 2026, the Korean electronics and household […]