ريال برازيلي
IRSA continued to expand into the mortgage lending sector, purchasing 28% of the formerly state owned Banco Hipotecario, and into the farming and ranching sectors, acquiring the local subsidiary of Amarillo, Texas-based Cactus Feeders in 2009, as well as into the large Brazilian real estate market, establishing IRSA-Cyrela (a joint venture with Cyrela Brazil Realty).