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The red ocean of Brazilian banks
The Big 5 of Brazil’s banking industry—Itaú, Bradesco, Banco do Brasil, Caixa, and Santander—are losing out badly to independent brokers in the battle for asset management, according to a report by JPMorgan. Between 2013 and 2017, the Big 5 got 85 percent of new investments in funds. Over the past two years, the...