Relationships - Banco Itaú

Corporate Governance
• Governance Structures
• Transparency in Reporting
• Socio-environmental Risk
• Crisis Management
• Ethics Management
Transparent Reporting
The progress of the integration process has
made management and reporting even
greater priorities for Itaú Unibanco. As a listed
company and one of the major players in the
global financial market, our shares are traded
on three bourses: the São Paulo Stock Exchange
(BM & FBovespa), where we maintain a Level 1
governance standing, the Buenos Aires Stock
Exchange (BCBA) and the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE).
Given the growth of our operations, the
distribution of our shares in the capital
markets and diversification of our strategic
relationship groups, we have adopted
monitoring instruments and reporting systems
consistent with internationally recognized
commitments such as the Global Compact, the
Equator Principles, the guidelines of the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the AA1000 and
SA8000 standards.
Our business practices are based on financial
sector codes of ethics and trends in the
economy. They seek to track, if not define, best
practices of the national and international
markets, such as those which underline the
performance of companies on industry metrics
like the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and
the São Paulo Stock Exchange (ISE-BM&F
Bovespa) Corporate Sustainability Index.
Our disclosure policy includes the
publication of quarterly results and
newsletters, in addition to conferences,
Roadshows + and periodic meetings with
analysts. Due to the international financial
crisis that erupted in late 2008 - over the
course of which Brazil came through
relatively unscathed - the number of
meetings held in Europe, Asia and Latin
America has been increasing.
In Brazil, the Investor Relations
(IR) area – whose objectives include the
clear and transparent dissemination of
public information on which to base an
investment in Itaú Unibanco shares - held
a record number of 22 public meetings in
2009, which shows the level of interest of
foreign and local investors in the country.
These meetings represent one of the most
important communication channels with
the market, and are greatly appreciated
by investors, analysts and shareholders, as
they provide the opportunity to discuss
with senior management the strategies and
results obtained by the Bank.
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