(Adds new 2021 guidance, CEO comments) SAO PAULO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Banco Bradesco SA, Brazil's second-biggest lender, on Thursday posted a third-quarter profit slightly above analysts' expectations and raised its outlook for lending and fees this year. Recurring net income, which excludes one-off items, rose 34.5% from a year earlier to 6.767 billion reais ($1.21 billion), above a consensus estimate of 6.469 billion reais compiled by Refinitiv. Bradesco predicted its loan book will grow...

SAO PAULO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's most prominent financial startup, Nubank, has raised $300 million in equity investments, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Five investors participated in the deal, according to the document, which did not disclose their names. News of the document, which was filed on June 19, did not surface until this week when a Brazilian financial blog noted it. Nubank declined to comment on whether the equity capital constitutes...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Highline do Brasil, a portfolio company of U.S. private equity firm Digital Colony, has presented the best offer for the mobile assets of Brazilian telecom Oi SA (OIBR4.SA) and the two parties are entering exclusive negotiations, Oi said on Wednesday. Oi did not disclose the value of the offer, but said in a securities filing the offer exceeded the minimum established by the Brazilian telecom of 15 billion reais ($2.93 billion). Digital Colony, backed by U.S. real estate...

SAO PAULO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Advent International Corp said on Tuesday it had bought Brazilian auto parts retailer Rondobras, with 54 stores, its latest such acquisition in Latin America’s largest economy. Advent did not disclose the purchase price, but said it had already invested 1.2 billion reais ($285.96 million) in acquisitions, distribution centers and new stores since its 2016 purchase of unlisted FortBras, its initial Brazilian auto parts takeover. Rondobras’...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Advent International Corp is preparing to launch a $2.2 billion fund to invest in Latin American companies, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The fund launched in coming days will be Advent’s seventh for Latin America and its largest for the region. Advent’s last Latin American fund reached $2.1 billion in commitments in 2014. Advent declined to comment on the matter. Advent has invested in companies in Brazil, Colombia,...