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Credit Suisse settles Brazilian insider trading case

By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo

Published: October 21 2009 01:23 | Last updated: October 21 2009 01:23

Credit Suisse International has offered to pay R$19.2m to Brazil’s securities commission to end an action over alleged insider dealing in shares of Embraer, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer.

The commission, known as the CVM, said it accepted the offer form Credit Suisse on Tuesday having rejected an offer of R$150,000 last year. It said Tuesday’s offer was appropriate for the gravity of the offence and for the value of the suspect trades and because Credit Suisse presented its defence at the last possible moment.

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