Latin America: Lacerda plays a grown-up game

The downturn in Brazil does not faze Ricardo Lacerda, founding partner of local investment bank BR Partners. Advisory remains the bedrock of his business, but political instability makes him think the next five years could undermine the last 20.

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Brazil went back 20 years with the downgrade, and we are in a low-growth environment with a lot of volatility and a lot of political uncertainty. We have a government with a very bad fiscal situation. Families are very indebted and many companies are very, very leveraged… Yes, there are good opportunities in a market like that, but it’s not for everyone – it’s for grown-ups.”

There have been many bleak assessments of the Brazilian macroeconomic and financial landscape over the past couple of years.

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