Financing and Guarantees to Provide Infrastructure Projects Seminar

Infrastructure Guarantee Fund 1 de June de 2017

Brazilian Guarantees Agency (ABGF) participated in the excellent seminar “Financing and Guarantees to Provide Infrastructure Projects”, promoted by Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Industry – ABDIB, on May 23, 2017 in São Paulo-SP.

Government authorities, such as the Minister of Planning, Development and Management, Dyogo Oliveira, the Minister of Finance, Henrique Meirelles, joined by companies c-level leaders and high caliber audience devoted to infrastructure projects were gathered in order to discuss Brazil´s growth potential and main challenges in the infrastructure  development.

The ABGF CEO, Marcelo Franco, spoke on the “Guarantees: the transition to a new perspective of project finance non-recourse” panel; and pointed out the partnership opportunities between the Infrastructure Guarantee Fund (FGIE), run by ABGF, and the insurance market in conjunction with MLT projects and financing capacity.  ABGF CEO reiterated that ABGF is currently working on a currency risk cover and is ready to cover a non-marketable risk while preparing a credit risk cover for debentures of infrastructure.