MARKETS · REGULATION

Key Facts

—Otto Lobo took over as head of the CVM, the body that polices Brazil’s stock market, and quickly dismissed seven of its most senior officials.

—He also removed the heads of the agency’s economic-analysis and communications teams, in one of the widest shake-ups the regulator has seen in years.

—Lobo was approved by the Senate and appointed by decree on June 3, with a caretaker term running to July 2027.