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 […]
The company announced that its content policy will be updated in May 04/25/2024 Google is set to ban political ads in Brazil for the 2024 municipal elections following the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) update to the rules for boosting electoral advertising in February. In a statement, Google announced that it would revise its Google Ads […]
Deterioration in interest rate and exchange rate projections diminishes the importance of first-quarter figures, shifting focus to executives’ forecasts 04/25/2024 Jennie Li — Foto: Ana Paula Paiva/Valor The first-quarter earnings season for Brazilian companies, which picked up steam this week, is set to reveal a snapshot of a scenario that for many firms is already […]
Document spans over 300 pages; Lower House speaker expects to pass new regulations before legislative recess 04/25/2024 Fernando Haddad — Foto: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil Finance Minister Fernando Haddad presented the first supplementary bill to regulate the consumption tax reform to Lower House Speaker Arthur Lira and Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco on Wednesday. The Ministry of […]