Lombard loans on the B3.
Private credit against B3 — Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão-listed shares — pledged, not sold.
A Lombard loan against B3-listed shares is credit secured by a pledge of equity listed on the B3 — Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão. The holder pledges the shares, draws cash against a fraction of their market value, retains ownership and dividends subject to structuring, and recovers the position on repayment.
- Facilities are arranged against equity listed on the B3 — Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3), São Paulo.
- The pledge preserves ownership, dividends, and the upside for the holder.
- Loan-to-value is set per line; funded in BRL or cross-currency.
- Structured under CVM, with disclosure from 5%.
The venue
The principal Latin American equities venue. The Novo Mercado tier imposes one-share-one-vote and full free-float requirements that materially affect the eligibility of controlling-shareholder positions for collateralisation.
Regulator and disclosure
The B3 — Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão operates under Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM). CVM Resolution 80 reporting of material beneficial-ownership changes at 5% thresholds. A pledge over a substantial line is arranged with that reporting regime in view, so that the facility is both discreet and compliant, and so that positions near a control or takeover threshold are not disturbed.
Structuring a facility here
Lombard facilities against B3-listed shares are typically arranged for a tenor of twelve to thirty-six months, funded in BRL or another currency on a cross-currency basis, with the collateral held by a qualified custodian under bankruptcy-remote arrangements. Non-recourse, limited-recourse, and full-recourse structures are available; the choice interacts with the loan-to-value and the spread.
| Exchange | B3 — Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3) |
|---|---|
| City · Country | São Paulo · Brazil |
| Regulator | Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) |
| Disclosure | From 5% |
| Principal indices | Ibovespa, IBrX 50 |
| Segments | Novo Mercado (highest corporate-governance tier); Level 2; Level 1; Bovespa Mais |
| Currency · Tenor | BRL · 12–36 months |
| Recourse | Non-recourse / limited-recourse / full-recourse |
Financing a position listed on the B3?
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Other exchanges in the region.
On this market, specifically.
Liquidity and the index
B3 is the principal Latin American equities venue, and its most liquid names populate the Ibovespa and the IBrX 50. Liquidity is concentrated in the larger index constituents, so for a substantial line the depth of the specific name — and its free float once any controlling block is set aside — matters more than headline market turnover. The governance tier is part of the liquidity picture too: Novo Mercado names, with their full free-float commitment, tend to offer a cleaner tradeable float, which supports how a Lombard loan is sized against the position.
Structuring notes
The defining structuring point on B3 is the governance tier. A Novo Mercado listing requires one-share-one-vote and a full free float, which affects how much of a controlling-shareholder line is genuinely available to pledge and how enforcement would interact with that float; Level 2, Level 1, and Bovespa Mais carry lighter commitments. Settlement runs through the Brazilian infrastructure, with the pledged shares held by a qualified custodian. The Lombard credit is documented with the issuer’s tier and the CVM reporting threshold in view, and can be funded in BRL or in hard currency.