Rio signs law to smooth path for new Brazil financial exchange to rival B3
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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 3 (Reuters) -Brazil's Rio de Janeiro city signed into law a bill that lowers taxes for the opening of a new financial exchange to compete with Sao Paulo's B3 B3SA3.SA, its mayor Eduardo Paes said on Wednesday.
The chief executive of Mubadala-backed Americas Trading Group (ATG), Claudio Pracownik, said on Wednesday that operations in a new Rio financial exchange could be tested as soon as in the first half of 2025, with an official start possible in the second half of next year.
According to Pracownik, the new Rio exchange would serve as a platform to trade the same stocks as B3, including from oil giant Petrobras PETR4.SA and miner Vale VALE3.SA.
Mayor Paes said on Wednesday that Rio could grant new incentives for financial exchange operations in the future, but did not provide more details.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second most populated city after Sao Paulo, had a financial exchange from 1820 to 2002, but it was discontinued and incorporated by what is now B3.
Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; writing by Luana Maria Benedito and Josie Kao
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