JPMorgan looks to Brazil government for business

Reuters 29/11/2012

JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) sees a strong government presence in Brazil as a source for new business leads, a senior banker said on Thursday, highlighting the growing clout of the nation’s public sector as an investment-banking client.

Dafiti recebe aporte de R$ 90 milhões do JPMorgan

por Daniela Barbosa – Exame 21/08/2012

Investimento vai permitir que varejista de moda online brasileira amplie seu portfólio de produtos e melhore sua infraestrutura

Biosev suspende IPO por condições de mercado

Por Alberto Alerigi Jr – Reuters 19/07/2012

SÃO PAULO, 19 Jul (Reuters) – A Biosev, divisão de bioenergia no Brasil da multinacional francesa de agronegócio Louis Dreyfus, resolveu suspender por tempo indeterminado sua oferta pública inicial de ações no país, com a qual poderia levantar até mais de 1 bilhão de reais.

Dreyfus plans IPO for Brazil sugar unit

By Javier Blas and Samantha Pearson – Finantial Times 29/06/2012

Louis Dreyfus Commodities on Friday said it would raise up to $550m from the flotation of a stake of its Brazilian sugar unit, the latest sign that the publicity-shy commodities trading houses are moving to the public domain.

Brazil BTG Pactual Not Ruling Out Acquisitions Abroad – CEO

By Graciela Ibanez- Dow Jones Newswires on WSJ 08/05/2012

SANTIAGO (Dow Jones)–Despite Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual SA (BBTG11.BR) saying it wants to continue growing in Latin America, it doesn’t rule out acquisitions in Europe and the U.S., Chief Executive Andre Esteves said Tuesday.

Brazil’s Andre Esteves BTG Investment Firm To Create $1B Private Equity Africa Fund

By Nicole Kekeh – 04/05/2012

Brazilian billionaire André Esteves has launched the biggest private equity fund for Africa, promising to raise at least $1billion for investments in areas such as energy and infrastructure.

Papéis do BTG sobem em estreia; Esteves prevê retomada de IPOs

Por Talita Moreira – Valor 26/04/2012

Os papéis do BTG Pactual começaram a ser negociados nesta quinta-feira na Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo (Bovespa). O banco captou, por enquanto, R$ 3,6 bilhões com a abertura de capital. O preço da unit (recibo de ações) saiu a R$ 31,25, no meio da faixa sugerida, justamente para abrir espaço a uma alta na estreia em bolsa.

BTG Pactual rises in first day of trading

Reuters 26/04/2012

Units in Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual rose on Thursday in their first day of trading after an initial public offering, reflecting investor confidence in the firm and its billionaire founder, André Esteves.

Units rose to 31.81 reais, up from the IPO price of 31.25 reais per unit.

The IPO is said to value BTG Pactual at about $14.4 billion, a source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters, making it Brazil’s 16th-biggest listed company by market capitalization.

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/btgpactual-shares-idUSE5E8DG02Y20120426

BTG’s Esteves says IPO shows confidence in Brazil

Reuters 26/04/2012

 The success of Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual’s initial public offering is a reflection of global investor confidence in Brazil, the bank’s Chief Executive Andre Esteves said on Thursday.

“This is an enormous vote of confidence in Brazil by the global financial community,” Esteves said at an event to celebrate the stock’s debut in the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange. “We will keep working hard to help make this a better and fairer country.”

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/btgpactual-idUSE5E8DG02X20120426

BTG Pactual Raises $1.93 Billion in I.P.O.

BY DAN HORCH – DEALBOOK 24/04/2012

BTG Pactual, the Brazilian investment banking powerhouse, raised $3.625 billion reais ($1.93 billion) on Tuesday night in the largest Brazilian initial public offering of stock since Banco Santander Brasil went public in 2009.