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Fernando Martino

Commercial manager
Grupo OMINT

With the purchase of Spanish bank BBVA's healthcare provider unit Consolidar Salud last month for an undisclosed amount, Argentine health and dental care group OMINT gained a firm foothold in the country's private healthcare insurance field. BNamericas spoke with the group's commercial manager Fernando Martino to learn more about the purchase decision and the group's expansion plans.

Peter Ganteaume

CEO
GHL

November 07, 2008

Trinidad & Tobago-based insurance and financial company Guardian Holdings (GHL) seemed down on its luck in May after pulling out of its 2005 investment in Panama's Grupo Mundial and selling its shares in RBTT Financial Holdings. While the sale of its Grup... more No permission

Mauro Leos

VP
Moody's

October 30, 2008

The Argentine government's recent proposal to end the country's private pension fund system and force all workers into the state pay-as-you-go scheme took the market by complete surprise. Under the proposed law - announced on October 21 and which still ha... more No permission

October 24, 2008
Luiz Bojunga
Insurance, reinsurance consultant
Doria, Jacobina, Rosado e Gondinho Advogados
October 17, 2008
Óscar Franco
General manager
Amafore
October 10, 2008
Antonio Cássio dos Santos
President
FenaPrevi
October 03, 2008
Antonio Cássio dos Santos
President
FenaPrevi
September 26, 2008
Jorge Luis Cazar
President, CEO
ACE Latin America
September 18, 2008
Gonzalo Pérez
Chairman
Suramericana
September 12, 2008
Rodolfo Wehrhahn
Chairman
FIDES
September 05, 2008
Eugenio Chinchilla
Managing director
Redbridge Network & Healthcare
August 29, 2008
Tom McInerney
CEO of ING Insurance Americas
ING Group

Weekly Wrap|Perspectives

Published: Friday, November 14, 2008

This week, Brazil's lower house of congress approved key parts of a presidential measure, which granted federally controlled Banco do Brasil (BB) and Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF) several new powers in October.

This heaps more legal force behind the move allowing the two banks and their subsidiaries to buy stakes in or full ownership of other financial institutions, including other banks and private pension providers.

So what does it mean for the country's private pension, insurance and savings bond market? A lot in a country as dominated by bancassurance and driven by giant government-controlled financial institutions as Brazil.

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