www.tvpenedo.com.br – Conheça Penedo. Shopping Pequena Finlândia: a casa de Papai Noel de Penedo. Visite a casa de veraneio de Papai Noel, situada na colônia Finlandesa de Penedo, no estado do Rio de Janeiro e surpreenda-se com a variedade e qualidade de artigos para presentes, além da exuberante beleza natural da região.
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The seasoned gay traveler knows that Rio de Janeiro is the place to be in if you are looking for gay clubs Brazil. In Rio, the gay community is huge and thriving and getting bigger by the second, yes quite literally. Your travels will be affordable here as well with the favourable exchange rates and no matter where you go or what you do, your plans to have fun will blend well with this active party community. Brazilans are renowned for their openess and warmth – This is a country that is fully accepting of every human being for who and what they are. Rio de Janeiro is home to a huge selection of day time attractions, exclusive shopping districts and glorious beaches, it is also home to an equally large selection of Brazil gay clubs. In Rio de Janeiro, you will find the largest selection of gay clubs in the neighbourhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. In fact, several blocks in Ipanema are dedicated strictly to the enterprise of gay clubs and bars and are active all day and all night. Though the gay community is visible here, you still want to maintain some discretion in your daytime activities. The Copacobana district is where you want to be if you want to be up all night partying and dancing. The Copa is the most popular of the gay clubs and is well known for its fine selection of hot guests and beautiful men. Le Boy is another club located in Copacabana that you definitely don\’t want to miss!
Don’t judge a book by its cover, as the saying goes, and if Brazil were a book its cover would surely feature the city of Rio de Janeiro and girls dressed in feathered carnival costumes. However Brazil is far more diverse than just the beautiful city of Rio on which its reputation is built. There is, literally, something for everyone here and often on a mighty scale. The colossal Amazon rainforest is a nature-lovers paradise and the largest tropical forest in the world, the central western savannah area is home to the Pantanal, the largest wetland area in the world and the best area for wildlife viewing while Brazil also boasts 4,300 miles of white sandy beaches fringed with palm trees. As you can gather, it excels at more than just football.
My recent trip was to take me to historical Salvador, a vibrant city, alive and kicking with the strong influence of its African heritage. On a Tuesday night the colonial quarter, with its cobbled streets, pulsates to a rhythmic drum beat from street bands set up to play while the locals come out to eat, drink and dance. You get the feeling this is not just for visitors, this is a party for no other reason than it’s a Tuesday. During the day things are slightly quieter and you get time to wander and admire the beautiful colonial churches and colourful buildings. Most have been lovingly restored and are now museums, shops or small boutique hotels interspersed with restaurants serving an intriguing blend of African and Brazilian cuisine, with ingredients such as coconut, ginger, hot peppers, coriander and fish.
I was also lucky enough to take a private flight to the Kiaroa eco-resort. This is a small property 30 minutes south of Salvador by plane on the end of the Marau peninsula. The flight itself is a scenic adventure, passing along the lush southern coast of Bahia we landed on a private strip 50 yards from the hotel reception. Although it is a 5 star resort, with all the facilities you would expect, if feels quiet and relaxed, especially after the hustle and bustle of Salvador. Of the 28 rooms, most are bungalows with their own private plunge pools, set amongst exquisite tropical gardens. The property overlooks a long sandy beach, almost private in its emptiness, and being on a peninsular, you get the benefit of both sunrise and sunset, a double treat everyday. Back to Salvador and I then headed north on the Coconut highway. A lovely 90 minute drive along empty beaches and palm trees, I arrived at the sleepy fishing village of Praia do Forte. Instantly my pulse slowed as I slipped into the local way of life. Praia do Forte is a pretty coastal village home to the hugely successful Tamar Turtle Reserve which was started in 1980 to save Brazil’s five species of sea turtle from extinction. My trip ended in my most favourite city in the world – Rio. Fun, lively and with a naturally amazing setting, the buildings squeeze into the space between golden beaches and bays and the tropical escarpment, dripping with vegetation.
Opalesque, the world’s largest subscription-based publisher covering the alternative investment industry, has once again united leading hedge fund managers and investors in its Brazil Roundtable, which took place Oct. 22nd 2008 at the Sao Paolo office of Bulltick Brokerage, who also sponsored the event. Highlights from the Opalesque Brazil Roundtable – download here:
http:// www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=static&and=RoundtableBRAZIL l Hedge fund managers forecast 3% or more growth in Brazil – will the money flow back into the country? Which strategies will benefit first?
l No systemic risk: banking and corporate sector unleveraged, efficient regulation ensures banks are well capitalized
l But: while retail lending is still completely open and set for a 10-15% growth – no bank has reduced the credit lines and the amount of money available for retail investors – corporations are in a classic liquidity trap with funds being locked in at the bank level
l Brazilian family offices and FoFs expect a surge of new managers to set up shop to profit from current dislocations
l The global hedge fund industry is now a buyers’ market and no longer a sellers’ market. What does this mean for managers and investors?
l The concept of hedge funds as “absolute return” vehicles or “alpha machines” has been disproved. What is the future?
l A continuation of the liquidity discussion (see http:// www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=static&and=RoundtableNORDIC) The following experts participated at the Roundtable: 1. Luiz Felipe Pinheiro de Andrade, managing director of UAM Background on the Brazilian hedge fund industry: Latin America accounts for 8% of the world’s GDP and 8.5% of the world’s population. The majority of Latin American hedge funds are focused on Brazilian markets, where most of the assets and managers are based. Latin America is still under-represented within the global hedge fund industry. With an estimated US$45bn of assets and 169 hedge fund managers, it represents less than 2% of the total universe. However, contrary to most other hedge fund jurisdictions, Brazil has developed a diverse and well regulated onshore hedge fund industry. About 75% of the hedge fund assets run by Brazilian managers are in the multimercado funds, the onshore vehicles. According to GFIA, ANBID and Eurekahedge, 87 Brazil based hedge fund firms manage 225 onshore funds with $29,399m of assets. Meanwhile, 43 Brazil based hedge fund firms manage 68 offshore funds with $10,187 m of assets (as of end July 2008). Strategy breakdown for all (on and offshore) Brazil funds, as of August 2008 in % of assets: l Macro/multistrategy: 50.4%
l Long-short equities: 23.0%
l Event-driven: 14.7%
l Fixed income: 9.5%
l Relative value: 1.7%
l Others: 0.7% Transparency and Regulation: Brazil’s hedge industry was really started by the mutual funds industry, which means that a very transparent and regulated industry has been created. Many funds publish the NAV on a daily basis. The purpose of the Opalesque Roundtable Series is to provide a catalogue of intelligence on the world’s most important hedge fund centres and introduce some of the relevant local players of each jurisdiction. New York, London, Geneva, Stockholm, Moscow, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, and Auckland are already covered (see the Roundtable archive: www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=archiveRT). The Opalesque Brazil Roundtable can be downloaded here:
http:// www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=static&and=RoundtableBRAZIL
All other previously published Opalesque Roundtable Scripts can be accessed here:
http://www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=archiveRT About Opalesque: In 2003, with the publication of its daily Alternative Market Briefing, Opalesque successfully launched an information revolution in the hedge fund media space: “Opalesque changed the world by bringing transparency where there was opacity and by delivering an accurate professional reporting service.” – Nigel Blanchard, Culross. This hybrid financial news service, which combines proprietary industry news stories and filtered third party reports, has been credited by many industry insiders with delivering precise, accurate, and vital information to a notoriously guarded audience. Each week, Opalesque publications are read by more than 500,000 industry professionals in over 100 countries. Opalesque is the only daily hedge fund publisher which is actually read by the elite managers themselves (http://www.opalesque.com/op_testimonials.html). About Opalesque Publications: Alternative Market Briefing is a daily newsletter on the global hedge fund industry, highly praised for its completeness and timely delivery of the most important daily news for professionals dealing with hedge funds. Alternative Market Briefing offers both a quick overview and in-depth coverage. Subscribers can also access the industry’s largest news archive (29,000+ articles) on hedge funds and related topics. A SQUARE is the first web publication, globally, that is dedicated exclusively to alternative investments. A SQUARE’s weekly selections feature unique investment opportunities that bear virtually no correlation to the main stream hedge fund strategies and/or distinguish themselves by virtue of their “alternative” motive – for instance, social or behavioral strategies or those focused on natural resources or sustainable/environment-related investing. With its “research that reveals” approach, fast facts and investment oriented analysis, A SQUARE offers diversification and complementary ideas for private, high net-worth and institutional investors, pension funds and endowments, portfolio and hedge fund managers. Technical Research Briefing delivers a global perspective/overview on all major markets, including equity indices, fixed Income, currencies, and commodities. Opalesque Technical Research is unique compared to most available research which is fundamental in nature and not technically (chart) oriented. Sovereign Wealth Funds Briefing offers a quick and complete overview on the actions and issues relating to Sovereign Wealth Funds, who rank now amongst the most important and observed participants in the international capital markets. The daily Real Estate Briefings offer a quick and complete oversight on real estate, important news related to that sector as well as commentaries and research in 28 detailed categories. The service can be subscribed as daily email newsletter or by RSS feed. The Opalesque Roundtable Series unites some of the leading hedge fund managers and their investors from specific global hedge fund centers, sharing unique insights on the specific idiosyncrasies and developments as well as issues and advantages of their jurisdiction. Matthias Knab, Director of Opalesque Ltd, moderates the Opalesque Roundtables. Matthias Knab is an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives.
Through the series, hedge fund investors looking for new talent, a hedge fund interested in diversifying its investor base, or service providers looking for new clients will all get to know some of the leaders in each hedge fund center and will find invaluable information and intelligence without any travel involved. For more information, please go to http://www.opalesque.com
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