Brazil Halts Muni Market as Banks Collect $140 Mln Fees

“A year after it began, Brazil’s municipal bond market has been brought to a standstill by the federal government after Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) and Bank of America Corp. provoked a backlash by collecting $140 million in fees from the first two borrowings.  Brazilian Treasury officials, who approve state financing requests and provide guarantees backing loans, are starting to demand terms to curb the profits, seeking to protect taxpayers from being exploited and to limit their own borrowing costs while alienating bankers in the process.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-21/brazil-halts-municipal-market-as-banks-collect-140-million-fees.html

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