General View
Unibanco is one of the largest Brazilian privately owned
banks, with more than 80 years of history and activity in the market. The Bank is present in every segment of the financial market, offering a broad and complete range of services to a diversified customer base.
Unibanco continues to improve its results. Such improvement took place in an environment of efficient management, where the decision-making processes are responsive. Unibanco also seeks for synergies, which allow business growth, process improvements, strict budgetary discipline, and more efficient communication.
The graph below shows the evolution of the Annualized Return on Average Equity and the Stockholders' Equity in the last quarters:
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Business Segmentation
Unibanco's mix of businesses is balanced among six main segments: Retail, Wholesale, Treasury, Insurance and Pensions, Wealth Management and Investment Banking. It has established itself with a solid market position in all of these business areas.
Besides being a benchmark of excellence in the Wholesale businesses, Unibanco has also assumed great positions in the Retail Business in Brazil, through Unibanco's brand and its subsidiary companies such as Hipercard, Unicard and Fininvest.
Our Treasury has a dual mandate: it is a profit center and a service provider, managing liquidity, market risk and making markets for our clients.
In the Insurance and Pensions segment, Unibanco has the 4th place in Brazil, with 6.9% of market share.
The Wealth Management segment offers investment products through Unibanco Asset Management (UAM) for major investors.
The Investment Banking handle origination, structuring, distribution, and research. Its Equity Research team was recognized as the only Brazilian firm among the Top 10 Research Houses in the 2008 Latin Research Team ranking, from Institutional Investor magazine.
Our Shares
Unibanco's most liquid security is the Unit - a certificate of deposit of shares combining one preferred share from both Unibanco and Unibanco Holdings. The Units are traded at Bovespa and at NYSE, in the form of GDSs (Global Depositary Shares).
In May, 2005, Unibanco's Units were included in the Ibovespa (Bovespa Index), the most important average performance index of price quotes in the Brazilian stock market.
The following chart presents the Units' and GDS's appreciation compared to Ibovespa and Dow Jones, from June 2003 to June 2008:
Basis 12/31/2003 = 100
Source: Economática
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