This article describes and models the ratings announced by rating agencies to Brazilian ABS (FIDC) and address the important issue of agencies incentives to mismanage the rating they provide. We show that the debt provisions and the total assets of the FIDC are the main variables that explain...

In a sample of the Brazilian stock market from 1999 to 2015, this paper shows that the book-to-market and momentum of individual firms capture some of the cross-sectional variation in average stock returns, while the market β and size do not play a role. The positive relation of cross-section...

This article describes the evolution of the Brazilian mutual fund industry, its regulatory framework, organization, types of investors and managers, economic environment and its relative growth. It shows the evolution of this industry in Brazil and its idiosyncrasies providing a deeper look into...

We examine performance persistence in the large and growing Brazilian equity fund market from 2000 to 2012. We find a significant risk-adjusted spread between a portfolio of top- and bottom-performing funds, which supports the idea that performance persists. This spread remains after controlling...

This chapter describes the evolution of the Brazilian investment fund industry and the impact of domestic and international crises on investors, managers and the main types of funds offered in Brazil. In particular, it explores the effect of the subprime crisis and shows that the first wave of...

Portuguese Abstract: Atualmente, todos os estudos do mercado de renda fixa demandam algum conhecimento dos futuros de taxa de juro. No caso brasileiro, o futuro de DI e o FRA negociados na BM&F são especialmente importantes, uma vez que neles ocorre a maior parte da transferência de risco de...

Portuguese Abstract: Este artigo utiliza o analise de componentes principais para avaliar os movimentos da Estrutura a Termo brasileira. Com os fatores obtidos aplicam-se os procedimentos de imunização de carteira de renda fixa local e compara-se o resultado a uma estratégia de hedge simples...

Portuguese Abstract: A estrutura a termo das taxas de juro (ET) apresenta as taxas conhecidas como spot ou zero coupon, que não carregam risco de reinvestimento. Neste artigo, mostra-se como obter tais taxas com base em títulos com pagamentos intermediários e como a utilização da Taxa...

We examine performance persistence in the large and growing Brazilian equity fund market from 2000 to 2012. We find a significant risk-adjusted spread between a portfolio of top- and bottom-performing funds, which supports the idea that performance persists. This spread remains after controlling...

This article describes the open private pension plans offered in Brazil, which is one of the four pillars of the Brazilian retirement system. A framework is created to describe and analyze the impact of the transaction costs and tax advantages one can obtain from these financial products. This...