The professor and coordinator of the Professional Master's at São Paulo Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas (DIREITO SP), Mario Engler, participated, on April 2, in the annual conference Bonds, Loans and Derivatives - the biggest event on debt in Latin America, organized by the Global Financial Conferences (GFC). The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the evolution of credit and derivatives markets in Brazil.Engler participated in the panel ?Attracting crucial private sector investment into infrastructure projects: Are Brazilian infrastructure investments bankable? which discussed issues related to the regulation of investment in infrastructure in the country. Among the topics covered were the behavior of investors before the uncertainties of a volatile market - especially considering that 2014 is an election year - the best lessons and practices developed in other emerging markets and its applicability in Brazil, besides the development of infrastructure regulation to simplify and give more stability and transparency to the next step of concessions.The table also analyzed determinants of the viability of infrastructure projects in Brazil and perspectives of using other sources of funding, especially with the support of the capital market. This issue has become crucial before the perception that the lending capacity of the BNDES is running out and, therefore, it is necessary to adopt new private financing alternatives, explains Mario Engler. This panel was also attended by Bradesco Asset Management's CFO, Joaquim Levy, the Undersecretary of the Economic Monitoring Department of the Ministry of Finance, Leonardo Chagas, the Portfolio manager of Western Asset Management (WAMCO), Jean-Pierre Cote Gil and the general director of Bradesco BBI, Leandro Miranda Araujo. The moderator was the partner of Tauil & Chequer, office associated with Mayer Brown, Eduardo Alves Lima.The event took place on April 2-3 at Hotel Tivoli, in São Paulo. For more information, please click below and visit the website. http://www.bondsloansbrazil.com/