Brazil

Allianz Global Investors is to launch a Brazil fund, the UK's first actively-managed onshore Oeic focused on the country.

Allianz Global Investors is to launch a Brazil fund, the UK's first actively-managed onshore Oeic focused on the country.

J.P. Morgan has raised £46.7m for its Brazil investment trust, the first UK closed-ended company focused on the Latin American country.

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