Capital Market
A capital market is a market for securities
(debt or equity), where _ business
enterprises (companies) and governments
can raise long-term funds.
The capital market includes the stock
market and the bond market.
Business units and corporate are the
borrowers in the capital market.
Capital market can be classified into
primary and secondary markets.Brazil Capital Market
Development of Brazil capital Market.
The era before the 1960's, when capital markets were
practically non-existent.
The year of 1965 as a key turning point, with the approval of
a Capital Market Law and the creation of the Brazilian
Central Bank .
A new phase of reconstruction beginning in 1976, when the
new Brazilian government considered the capital market as
an instrument essential for economic and social
development.
The evolution from 1976 to today, affected primarily by the
increasing importance of foreign investors, institutional
investors, a low incentive for companies to go public, and
strong and unfair competition of debt instruments due to
high inflation and high interest rates.