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Brazil recently emerged as the top destination for foreign investments in Latin America and is now the fourth worldwide. On its turn, Luxembourg ranked (Jan/12) Number One in the country list of origin of such investments. The following represents three alternative routes to invest in the Brazilian economy: Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), Portfolio Investments (PI) in private equity (FIP) and in real estate (FII).
As such, foreign investors may invest into South America´s economic wonder either:
1. Directly through Luxembourg holding company(ies) (Lux Hold Co) investing into a local holding company (BR Hold Co), the latter controlling the target company(ies) (BR Target Co). The equity investment can be combined with debt instruments and intercompany...
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