Crowdfunding Act passed
Very interesting development, although not final yet: the Crowdfunding Act has passed a vote in the US Senate. It allows people funding companies directly to finally become owners, as compared to...
View ArticleBuffett and taxes: NetJets
Fair and balanced look at the NetJets vs. IRS case by NYT’s Dealbook. While the amounts involved are not that relevant for Berkshire, they are quite relevant for their bizarre “nature”: the charge...
View ArticleBrazil and security of contract
Recent events in Argentina had the effect of returning security of contract and legal structures to the minds of investors in Latin American assets. I’ve just read an article at Project Syndicate...
View ArticleNext week: Rio Investors Day 2012
The agenda for the 2012 Rio Investors Day conference is now online, and I will cover both days of the event next week (Monday and Tuesday). Here are notes from last year’s event – I wasn’t there for...
View ArticleOpening up governments
Transparency, governance and accountability are two of the main issues I am concerned with regarding politics, government and society in general. I have discussed it here in terms of citizen...
View ArticleAn ode to arbitration
Dealbook.com’s guest columnist, Andrew Pincus, defends arbitration as an option to class-action lawsuits and discusses a recent US Supreme Court decision that can, and probably will, make it easier for...
View ArticleZombie hedge funds
The NYT didn’t have the courage to use the word “zombie” in the title of its Dealbook post, but I don’t have such constraints (perhaps unfortunately). It does sound rather strange, but that’s still...
View ArticleBrazil in the FT and more
Two quick articles: a relatively thorough, if superficial, article in the Financial Times about Brazil’s construction and infrastructure boom in the next few years. They did interview a lot of people,...
View ArticleChances (blown?) for CG improvement in Brazil
Two noteworthy articles and one notable initiative in Brazilian CG practices nowadays. One already-missed opportunity: the recent law concerning state-owned companies divides opinions. The article is...
View ArticleOverkill – basic Board member rights threatened
I wish I did not have to return to this subject so soon, but apparently in Brazil even very basic rights can be seen as debatable. One remembers that “24-hour” ATMs do not dispense more than 100 Reais...
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