{"id":97067,"date":"2025-12-30T19:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murray.adv.br\/?p=97067"},"modified":"2025-12-30T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T22:46:10","slug":"politicization-of-banco-master-case-raises-imf-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murray.adv.br\/en\/politicization-of-banco-master-case-raises-imf-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicization of Banco Master case raises IMF concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content--header\">\n<div class=\"row content-head non-featured \">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<h6 class=\"content-head__title\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Perception of meddling may lead International Monetary Fund and World Bank to downgrade Brazil\u2019s financial soundness<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content__signa-share\">\n<div class=\"content__signature\">\n<div class=\"content-publication-data\">\n<div class=\"content-publication-data__text\">\n<div class=\"content-publication-data__from\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-publication-data__updated\">12\/30\/2025\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content__share-bar-container\">\n<div class=\"content__share-bar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"mc-article-body\" class=\"mc-article-body \">\n<article>\n<div class=\"no-paywall\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles active-capital-letter\" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"45\" data-block-id=\"1\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container theme-color-primary-first-letter\" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">Actions by the Supreme Court and the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), Brazil&#8217;s public spending watchdog, to review the liquidation process of Banco Master are expected to negatively affect the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank&#8217;s assessment of the Brazilian financial system&#8217;s soundness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wall protected-content\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"40\" data-block-id=\"3\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">According to sources familiar with the technical consultations held in Bras\u00edlia and Washington, the episode was raised during the visit by IMF and World Bank delegations to Brazil in mid-December, as part of the country\u2019s Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"80\" data-block-id=\"4\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">The report will be updated, sources say, to incorporate the effects on the Central Bank stemming from the Master investigations at the Supreme Court. On Monday (29),\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/valorinternational.globo.com\/politics\/news\/2025\/12\/29\/supreme-court-moves-ahead-with-hearing-in-banco-master-fraud-case.ghtml\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/valorinternational.globo.com\/politics\/news\/2025\/12\/29\/supreme-court-moves-ahead-with-hearing-in-banco-master-fraud-case.ghtml\">Justice Dias Toffoli ordered<\/a>\u00a0the Federal Police (PF) to question Banco Master owner<strong>\u00a0Daniel Vorcaro<\/strong>, former BRB president\u00a0<strong>Paulo Henrique Costa<\/strong>, and Central Bank Supervision Director\u00a0<strong>Ailton de Aquino<\/strong>\u00a0on Tuesday (30), ahead of a confrontation hearing also scheduled for this week. The move weakens the regulator\u2019s position vis-\u00e0-vis the institutions it supervises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"45\" data-block-id=\"5\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">The fragility of Brazil\u2019s legal environment has long been a concern raised by IMF staff in discussions with Brazilian economic authorities. Historically, however, Brazil has argued that, although there is no explicit legal protection, the Central Bank is de facto independent in its banking supervision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"25\" data-block-id=\"6\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">The actions to revisit the Master liquidation undermine that argument and are likely to lead IMF technicians to downgrade their assessment of Brazil\u2019s financial soundness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"32\" data-block-id=\"7\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">Conducted every five or six years by senior IMF staff, the FSAP is a highly visible report within the international financial community and carries weight in how markets assess Brazil\u2019s risk profile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"28\" data-block-id=\"8\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">A source with experience in Brazil\u2019s interactions with Washington-based multilateral institutions says that, in practice, a negative assessment increases the risk premium investors demand for investing in Brazil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"35\" data-block-id=\"9\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">A technician who has participated in talks with these institutions says Brazil has historically sought to demonstrate a world-class regulatory framework and has been moving quickly to implement all the principles of the Basel Accords.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"41\" data-block-id=\"10\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">During the 2018 visit to Brazil, authorities presented the bank resolution bill as an important step to address some of the IMF\u2019s reservations. That bill has yet to be approved by Congress. Now, with the Master case, Brazil loses that argument.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"24\" data-block-id=\"11\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">Beyond assessing the existing framework, the IMF and the World Bank conduct in-depth studies and make recommendations to improve banking and financial system regulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"46\" data-block-id=\"12\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">One of the most frequently cited principles is that Central Bank executives and staff should have legal protection to avoid liability when acting in good faith. Another is that their technical decisions should not be subject to review by other branches of government or the judiciary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"25\" data-block-id=\"13\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">Legal protections are intended to prevent supervisors from feeling intimidated and from refraining from taking necessary action against troubled banks, which often have political connections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"29\" data-block-id=\"15\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">Decisions should not be overturned because doing so creates legal uncertainty and, in practice, undermines market confidence that the Central Bank can act swiftly and decisively in systemic crises.<\/p>\n<p data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">*By\u00a0Alex Ribeiro, Valor\u00a0\u2014 S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n<p data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article links\">Source: Valor International<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/valorinternational.globo.com\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perception of meddling may lead International Monetary Fund and World Bank to downgrade Brazil\u2019s financial soundness &nbsp; 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