In brief
Fachin cancelled the September 23 session on Mendonça conduct in the Master caseBanco MasterOrganizationBrazilian mid-sized bank at the center of regulatory probes into asset valuation and funding, whose stress spread to counterparties such as BRB.Open in the Market Map ↗ and set no new date, citing the link to the Gilmar Mendes procedural question awaiting Dino review.
The Federal Police will hear the Vorcaros on September 30.
What we know
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Supreme Court president Edson Fachin removed from the docket on September 17 the trial scheduled for September 23 on the request to investigate André Mendonça conduct as rapporteur of the Master caseBanco MasterOrganizationBrazilian mid-sized bank at the center of regulatory probes into asset valuation and funding, whose stress spread to counterparties such as BRB.Open in the Market Map ↗, without setting a new date.
Indefinitely postpones the second front of the crisis among justices.
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Fachin justified the decision by the direct link between the case and the procedural question raised by Gilmar Mendes at the September 15 session, which proposes judging the requests against Moraes and Mendonça together and whose vote was interrupted by Flávio Dino request for review with a 4 to 3 score for separate trials.
The Dino review may hold both cases for up to 90 days.
Context
The Federal Police scheduled for September 30 the depositions of Daniel Vorcaro and his father Henrique Vorcaro in the Banco MasterBanco MasterOrganizationBrazilian mid-sized bank at the center of regulatory probes into asset valuation and funding, whose stress spread to counterparties such as BRB.Open in the Market Map ↗ investigations, according to Money Times.
The criminal investigation advances despite the Supreme Court deadlock.
Sources[05]Context
Gazeta do Povo read the decision as yielding to pressure from Mendonça allies, and CNN Brasil reported that the justice circle was demanding a quick solution.
Political reading of the postponement.
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Transmission to assets
Market read-through
With no date for either trial, the Supreme Court enters the election period with the crisis open; the Brazilian VIX and the political risk premium tend to stay elevated.
For BRB and MasterBanco MasterOrganizationBrazilian mid-sized bank at the center of regulatory probes into asset valuation and funding, whose stress spread to counterparties such as BRB.Open in the Market Map ↗ creditors, the delay postpones decisions on the rapporteur and on the rescue under review by Fux.
Portfolio impact
02A Supreme Court crisisSTF institutional crisisThemeThe 2026 dispute among Supreme Federal Court justices over the Banco Master case and rapporteurs' conduct, with investigation requests, procedural challenges, review requests and postponed judgments that started to weigh on the country's institutional risk.Open in the Market Map ↗ with no resolution date keeps volatility high.
Risk premium persists.
What would change the view: Eases if Dino returns the review quickly.
Supreme Court indecision delays decisions linked to the Master caseBanco MasterOrganizationBrazilian mid-sized bank at the center of regulatory probes into asset valuation and funding, whose stress spread to counterparties such as BRB.Open in the Market Map ↗.
Prolonged uncertainty.
What would change the view: Depends on the Fachin docket.
Direction is an explanatory hypothesis, not a forecast or recommendation.
Next signals
What to watch
- Return of the Dino review vote and new Fachin docket
- Vorcaro depositions on September 30
- Fux decision on the BRB loan
Limits of the reporting
What remains uncertain
- Whether the two cases will be tried together
- The actual length of the Dino review