A recent three-day event in São Paulo gathered key global financial figures, and the buzz was hard to ignore. The focus was on how the world is now facing issues once unique to emerging markets like Brazil. At a panel, Luiz Parreiras, a fund manager, said, “We are all emerging markets now.” This summed up […]
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