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STF Sets May 4 Hearing on CVM Oversight as Master Scandal Fuels Institutional Clash

The Supreme Court hearing will test whether Brazil's market watchdog has enough staff and tools to police funds exploited by criminal networks.

Overview

  • Flávio Dino scheduled a Supreme Court hearing for May 4 in a decision published Monday to examine the CVM’s capacity to supervise the market as criminal groups use regulated finance.
  • The case arises from a suit by the party Novo, which argues a 2022 law swelled CVM fee collections to about R$2.4 billion in 2022–2024 while only R$670 million reached the agency’s budget.
  • Dino invited the heads of the CVM, the Central Bank, the financial intelligence unit Coaf, and the Federal Police to testify at the session.
  • João Accioly, the CVM’s interim chief, said Monday the regulator is under attack and accused the Central Bank of trying to look better as he defended the agency’s staff.
  • The crisis followed the Central Bank’s extrajudicial liquidation of Banco Master in November, with probes describing fraud that used investment funds, fintechs and shell firms, prompting a CVM working group and plans to tighten oversight.