Infrastructure and energy
The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) settled an agreement at the end of June to share guarantees with public and private banks that act as guarantors in infrastructure projects.
The attention of participants in the electric sector will be directed, until August 4, to discussions of Public Consultation No. 33/2017.
Just over two years after the water crisis in Southeast Brazil, its effects still have repercussions on the concession instruments or programs in effect within the public sanitation services.
"The Brazilian electrical power sector was designed with a model for a developing country.
Law No. 13,448 (conversion of Provisional Presidential Decree No. 752 or "Concessions MP") governs re-bidding projects operated through concession in the toll road, railroads and airport sectors.
The law applies only to the toll-road, airport, and railway sectors, and extension is geared towards toll roads and railroads. The exclusion of other industries was not accidental. The government has chosen to have a separate approach for sectors with different realities and levels of maturity.
Six months after its publication, Provisional Presidential Decree - MP 752/2016 was officially converted into Law No. 13,448/2017, thereby incorporating the amendments approved by the National Congress, with some presidential vetoes.
The international green bonds market has been developing rapidly since the first issuances by the European Development Bank and the World Bank in 2007 and 2008, respectively. With these "green bonds", companies, investment banks, and governments raise funds to finance or refinance projects or assets with positive environmental or climatic impacts. The bonds issued may take the form of any debt securities, such as debentures, notes, and financial bills. The only difference relates to the allocation of funds.
Júlia Rodrigues Coimbra, Larissa Gebrim and Tamiris Guimaraes In early 2017, BNDES announced new operational policies that will govern financing granted by the bank.
Machado Meyer has just instituted a new flexibility policy for parents of newborns or babies in their first year of life.
Fabio Falkenburger and Pedro Amim At the end of 2016, the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) went forward with the bidding process for the international airports of.
Júlia Rodrigues Coimbra, Larissa Gebrim, Tamiris Guimarães e Isabela Bernacchio In order to meet the need for better financing conditions and attract foreigner investors to new projects, the Brazilian government has been debating methods of compensating investors for losses due to exchange rate fluctuations by means of mechanisms established in concession contracts.
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