Brazilian Unit

The Brazilian unit of banking giant Santander raises 14.1bn reais ($8.1bn) in the world's biggest share offering since March 2008.

Spain's Repsol is considering listing part of its Brazilian unit or seeking a partner to develop new oil discoveries in a promising region in Brazil.

Banco Santander's Brazilian unit raised 14.1 billion reais ($8.05 billion) in a record initial public offering in Brazil and the largest IPO on a U.S. exchange in 18 months.Cramer: Initial Public Optimism 

Banco Santander's Brazilian unit raised about $8 billion from its initial public offering -- the biggest IPO ever in Brazil and the world's biggest this year.

Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments has taken a $328 million stake in the Spanish bank's Brazilian unit, as it continues its ambitious diversification drive.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mammoth IPOs by the Brazilian unit of Spanish bank Banco Santander and U.S. risk specialist Verisk Analytics Inc raised nearly $10 billion on Tuesday, almost twice the amount raised by U.S.-listed IPOs in 2009.

Spain's biggest bank, Banco Santander, plans to raise up to 4.93 billion euros (7.2 billion dollars) by shares in its Brazilian unit on the Brazilian and New York stock exchanges next month, the bank said Monday....

The Swiss bank agreed to sell its Brazilian operation, UBS Pactual, for about $2.5 billion to BTG Investments.Source : The Street (subscribe)

Swiss bank UBS says Monday that it’s agreed to sell its Brazilian financial-services business, UBS Pactual, for $2.5 billion in a deal that will help strengthen the group’s core capital.Source : Market Watch (subscribe)

Banco Santander's Brazilian unit raised about $8 billion from its initial public offering – the biggest IPO ever in Brazil and the world's biggest this year.

Telefónica's Brazilian unit made an all-cash bid for Brazilian telecom company GVT that could amount to a total investment of about $3.7 billion, potentially trumping an earlier bid from France's Vivendi.

UBS agreed to sell its Brazilian unit Pactual for around $2.5 billion in cash and assumed liabilities to Andre Esteves's BTG Investments.

UBS Selling Brazilian Unit For $2.5 Billion

Banco Santander said it plans to raise almost $7.35 billion through the initial public offering of its Brazilian unit.

Banco Santander said it plans to raise almost $7.35 billion through its previously announced initial public offering of shares in its Brazilian unit.Source : Law Blog - WSJ.com (subscribe)