Tag Archives: Brazil

Brazilian digital bank sees ChatGPT as an ally in the four-day week

07 Mar
Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge in Sao Paulo

Ponte estaiada Octavio Frias – Sao Paulo SÃO PAULO, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Since its launch, ChatGPT has attracted the attention of professionals from several fields. Efí, one of the major Brazilian fintechs, has gone further and started to use the system to optimize digital bank processes. A fan of the slimmed-down, four-day work week, the […]

Warren Buffett’s partner Charlie Munger ‘making a fool of himself’ on Crypto

16 Feb
Fool

Warren Buffett’s long-time business partner Charlie Munger is “making a fool of himself” for his “archaic, short-sighted and hypocritical” views on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, says the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organisations. The comments from Nigel Green of deVere Group follow an opinion piece in […]

Fastcash and Knox Wire Announce $1.2 Billion Global Payment Partnership

17 Dec
Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge in Sao Paulo

Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge in Sao Paulo Fastcash will utilize Knox Wire to expand their cross-border payment capabilities and streamline the cross-border payment process SÃO PAULO, Dec. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Fastcash and Knox Wire announce global payment partnership. The collaboration, orchestrated by Zed Network, will power as much as $1.2 billion USD per year in volume. Fastcash […]

Pi Capital Advises U.S.-Based Multibillion-Dollar Private Investment Platform on Renewable Energy Acquisitions in Brazil

06 Feb
Solar Farm, Brockville Ontario 2014 (not Brazil)

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Pi Capital’s affiliated broker-dealer, Marco Polo Securities Inc. is pleased to announce that it advised Vientos Solutions LLC on the acquisition of controlling interests in two photovoltaic solar generation projects in the State of Bahia, Brazil – SPE Assuruá Geradora de Energia Solar S.A. and UFV Verde Vale III, Ltda. Terms of the […]

Brazilian investment manager, Captalys, launches its first offshore fund

22 Mar
Brazilian investment manager - Landscape, Sol, Horizon, Panorama, Brazil, Afternoon

Brazilian investment manager, Captalys, launches its first offshore fund with the support of Apex Fund Services as administrator. Captalys has BRL 1.5BN in AUM and invests in Brazilian private credit. The onshore fund has a six-year track-record (returning 20.2% last year and 19.3% in 2015) and started 2017 positively, gaining 1.7% in January. The recently […]

The World’s Best Beaches

22 Feb
Sancho Bay and Dois Irmãos - Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - Worlds Best Beaches

TripAdvisor Surfaces The World’s Best Beaches With 2017 Travelers’ Choice Awards NEEDHAM, Mass., Feb. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — TripAdvisor®, the travel planning and booking site, today announced the winners of its Travelers’ Choice® awards for Beaches. This year, Baia do Sancho, in Brazil, was ranked by TripAdvisor reviewers as the global winner and Florida’s Siesta Beach is […]

Invest Offshore in Brazil

26 Mar
Invest Offshore in Luxury Real Estate in Brazil

I’m often asked about the process of opening a business or buying property in Brazil, after-all I’ve been living here a dozen years. I think the banking systems work well and for the most part it’s simple. My best advice for anyone planning on doing business here in Brazil, is to have a good attorney […]

Bye Bye Brazil! – Tax Planning Considerations for Brazilian Investment in the United States: Part 3 – Inbound Investment Real Estate in the U.S Commercial Real Estate

08 Mar
Lancha Gávea I - Brazil

As an undergraduate at West Point, I was a Spanish and Portuguese major. My Brazilian “thing” had already started a decade earlier as a ten year old growing up in the Panama Canal Zone seeing Pele play for his Brazilian team Santos along with hearing Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66. To this day I submit […]

Bye Bye Brazil! – Tax Planning Considerations for Brazilian Investment in the United States: Part II – Additional Income Tax Considerations

07 Mar
Brasão de Armas da Marinha do Brasil - Income Tax

I have mentioned in prior articles my affiliation with the South Florida law firm Osborne and Osborne, PA in Boca Raton. Back to the beginning! Boca Raton is where I started right out of the Army in 1987. I moved to Miami for law school. Even though I have been living in New England and […]

Bye Bye Brazil!- Tax Planning Considerations for Brazilian Investment in the United States: Part I – Income Tax Considerations

06 Mar
Cisne Branco of Brazil - Tax Planning

I have mentioned in prior articles that I was a Spanish and Portuguese major as an undergraduate. During the time that I was attending law school at the University of Miami, the early 1990’s, the Brazilians had yet to arrive in South Florida in a significant manner. The Brazilian community in Broward County (Pompano Beach) […]