Brazil Confidential is a new, premium subscription service from the Financial Times: a fortnightly digital report and accompanying website offering exclusive analysis and insights into one of the world's most exciting emerging markets. Edited in London, Brazil Confidential brings together analysis and research from an extensive network of journalists, academics and other correspondents and sources.

Brazil Confidential is news led, focusing on the issues that are moving markets. It examines the complexities of Brazilian politics, helping investors navigate the intricacies of federal, state and local government.

It examines in detail the resource, infrastructure and consumer stories that are driving Brazilian expansion and reports on developments from far-flung and relatively little known regions. And it brings insight and understanding to the complicated and sometimes arcane world of Brazilian capital market.

It guides readers through the labyrinth of official Brazilian data and conducts its own grass roots surveys to develop invaluable new insights. By filtering the work of the best Brazilian analysts and academics, it keeps subscribers current on key debates as they unfold.

Brazil Confidential is brought to you by the Financial Times, one of the world's leading business news organisations, is recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. Read more about the FT.

Richard Lapper, the editor of Brazil Confidential, was Latin America editor at the Financial Times between 1998 and 2008. He lived in Brazil between 2002 and 2008, and wrote extensively on the region. He has an extensive knowledge of emerging markets, having most recently served as bureau chief for the Financial Times in Johannesburg, where he was responsible for the newspaper's Southern Africa coverage. He has been a regular speaker and broadcaster on Brazil and Latin America.