Khuzami also added five additional units to oversee various areas of the financial industry: asset management, large scale market abuses, complex derivatives and financial products, foreign bribery and corruption, and the municipal and public pension markets.

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The enforcement chief also created five specialized units to oversee the following areas: asset management, large scale market abuses, complex derivatives and financial products, foreign bribery and corruption, and the municipal and public pension markets.

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Yet many still fear the worst: huge costs for Brazil, particularly for its financial sector, and perhaps the end of emerging-market bonds as a viable asset class.

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