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Blabber, Etcetera (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
Really nice web iniative by the brazilian bank Banco Itau that taps perfectly into the grounded consumer market. You choose a character to begin with and a series of questions follow: How many minutes do you spend on your mobile every day? Do you know that reducing the costs of your calls could help you saving enough money to buy a laptop? Long term gratifications and interesting alternatives to teach...
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Knowledge@Wharton (Free subscription) | 12/18/2008
Economic crises around the globe have often hit Brazilian banks hard, with capital flight hammering the country's currency, the real. But Brazil's financial institutions seem better positioned to weather the current worldwide credit crunch, although lending there is just as frozen as it is elsewhere, according to Candido Bracher, president and chief executive officer of the São Paulo-based Banco Itaú...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 12/18/2008
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Excel Funds is pleased to announce the launch of the Excel Latin America Fund to be sub-advised by Banco Itau Asset Management, the leading asset manager in the region and a subsidiary of Banco Itau, the number one bank in Latin America by market capitalization.
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Adverblog (Free subscription) | 12/14/2008
Sometimes banks are able to do things differently. About one year ago I posted about ING's I need to go from Belgium, now it's time to fly to Brazil to discover I Can Bank It . The website, created by Gringo for Banco Itau tries to teach the youths how to save some money or, at least, to spend it in a better way. Pick a character and begin the experience. How many minutes do you spend on your mobile...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On November the 17th, Itaú Securities, the securities arm of Banco Itaú Holding Financeira, (ADR code: ITU), the largest financial institution in Latin America by market value, hosted
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The Street (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
A straddle in Banco Itau, which plans to buy Unibanco, shows expectations of price swings.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
1) on account of the provisioned amount, the stockholders have already
received on November 3, 2008 a monthly anticipation of dividends
equivalent to R$ 0.012 per share (based upon the stockholding position
dated September 30, 2008) and shall receive on December 1, 2008 another
part of dividends equivalent to R$ 0.012 per share (based upon the
stockholding position dated October 31, 2008), as...
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inca kola news (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
I couldn't resist it and may regret it before the bell, but bot some Jaguar Mining (JAG) at $2.62. Not many, but I'm not full cash in the trading account any more. The trade is a seat-of-pants call on gold recovering. Vamos a ver...... Banco Itau (ITU) down 7.8% at $10.50. Slightly sinister that the big jump the stock had November 3rd when it announced its merger with Unibanco (UBB). Same pricing story...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Banco Itau Holding
Financeira S.A. (NYSE: ) wishes to advise that the conference call
scheduled for November 5, 2008, was moved forward to November 4, 2008, due
to the association between Itau and Unibanco (NYSE: ).
The slides and audio are already available on the site
and the replay can be heard by calling (55 11) 4688-
6312, code 402.
Investor...
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The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
A pair of Brazil’s biggest banks will merge and create South America’s largest private financial group. Executives for Banco Itau announced on Monday that they will purchase Unibanco Holdings with the merger creating an entity with about $265 million in assets . The newly-former Itau Unibanco Holding SA will strengthen Brazil’s financial system and encourage lending, according to the country’s financial...
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DealBook (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
Banking merger fever has spread south of the equator, with the pairing of two Brazilian financial powerhouses: Banco Itaú and Unibanco. Analysts valued the deal at 38.1 billion reals ($17.7 billion), and it creates the largest private financial conglomerate in South America. The deal had been planned for a while, the companies said, a contrast to [...]
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
Banco Itaú announcement on potential losses likely to calm fears of a systemic problem caused by currency derivatives bets but the government suggests extraordinary solutions still needed
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
Banco Itaú's announcement on potential losses is likely to calm fears of a systemic problem caused by currency derivatives bets but the government suggests extraordinary solutions still needed
