This study analyzes the performance of Brazilian Investment Funds between May 2001 and May 2006, using as a guideline the division in fixed-income funds and equity funds. The performance is evaluated in terms of risk and return, using Sharpe and Sortino indexes, with the returns and volatilities...

Brazilian pension funds hold together a portfolio that exceeds R$ 1 trillion. This volume of resources justifies researches that try to understand the management of these portfolios. This paper aims therefore to analyze the allocation of the wealth managed by these funds. As an associated goal,...

Brazilian pension funds hold together a portfolio that exceeds R$ 1 trillion. This volume of resources justifies researches that try to understand the management of these portfolios. This paper aims therefore to analyze the allocation of the wealth managed by these funds. As an associated goal,...

In recent years, it was possible to observe a growing wave of public startup offerings, among them, those that focus on innovations related to the financial market. The Financial Technology industry (fintech) can be classified as a hybrid one, transiting between traditional banking operations...

This article focuses on current aspects of the public servants` pension system in Brazil, dialoguing with the legislative proposal (PL no 1.992/2007) which aims to introduce a complementary pillar in the civil servants pension system. The proposal is been considered in Congress and will allow...

Besides the introduction and the final conclusions, this Discussion Paper has four sections. The first presents the "state of art", that is, the current debate about the long-term financing of the neo-corporatist state capitalism in Brazil. Then it shows the personal and corporate wealth as...