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Fundação Vale do Rio Doce de Seguridade Social Valia (VALIA) is the pension fund management subsidiary of Vale SA (SP: VALE3) in Brazil.^ Based in Rio de Janeiro, VALIA was created by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce in 1973 to provide an additional financial benefit at retirement.

Opportunity Asset Adm de Recursos de Terceiros Ltda. (Opportunity) is the asset management subsidiary of Banco Opportunity de Investimento SA in Brazil. The firm was founded in 1994 by Daniel Dantas, Veronica Dantas and Dorio Ferman. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Opportunity manages a range of funds for individual and institutional investors.

H.I.G. Capital LLC (H.I.G Capital) is a private equity division of H.I.G. Capital LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W Mnaymneh and Anthony A Tamer. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with offices in Europe, Latin America and Middle East.

Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social (Petros) is the pension fund management subsidiary of Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SP: PETR3) in Brazil. Established in 1969, the firm manages the Petros Plan of the Petrobras System and the Petros-2 Plan for retirees and pensioners. They also manage pension plans offered by various companies, entities and class associations. They are a socially responsible investor and signatory of the U.N. Principles for Responsible Investment which includes environmental, social and governance issues in their investment analysis and decision-making processes.

Banco BBM SA operates as a financial institution. It offers credit facilities to corporate clients and financial advisory services for wealth management of individuals in Brazil. The firm provides structured financial solutions, such as exclusive funds, investment funds; fixed income products, including government bonds and private securities, foreign exchange transactions, loans, structured notes, and derivatives and macroeconomic analysis. The company was founded in 1858 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

BNY Mellon Administração de Ativos Ltda. (BNY Mellon Brazil) is the Brazilian asset management subsidiary of BNY Mellon Servicos Financeiros DTVM SA, ultimately held by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) in the US. The firm was founded in 2002 and merged with ARX Capital Management, an independent asset management business, when Bank of New York Mellon Corp. acquired them in 2008. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, BNY Mellon Brazil offers investor services, investment management and wealth management for private clients and institutional investors.

ARX Investimentos Ltda. (ARX) is the Brazilian asset management subsidiary of MBC Investments Corp., ultimately held by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) in the US. Formerly known as BNY Mellon ARX Investimentos Ltda., the firm was founded in 2001 by José Alberto Tovar and was acquired by BNY Mellon in 2008. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, ARX focuses exclusively on managing assets in Brazil for a diversified client base of high-net worth individuals, family offices, wholesale distributors, corporations and institutional clients.

Plural Investimentos Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (Plural) is the investment management subsidiary of Plural SA Banco Multiplo, ultimately held by Holding Plural SA in Brazil. The firm was founded in 2008 as GF Gestão de Recursos S/A. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Plural manages fixed income, variable income, private credit and real clients.

Part of Mauá Capital SA, Mauá Investimentos Ltda. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. is a Brazilian company that provides investment advice. The company was founded in 2005 by João Cesar Tourinho, William Ismael Rozenbaum Trosman, Luiz Fernando Figueiredo.

GAP Gestora de Recursos Ltda. (Gap Asset) is the Brazilian asset management subsidiary of GAH Participacoes Ltda., ultimately held by Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE: PRU) in the US. The firm was founded in 1996 by Renato Junqueira B. Ribeiro, Emanuel Pereira da Silva and Carlos Camacho. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Gap Asset manages the GAP range of funds including multimarket, equities, fund of funds, private pension plans and hedge funds.

XP Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (XP) is the asset management subsidiary of XP Holding Investimentos SA, ultimately held by XP, Inc. (NASDAQ: XP) in Brazil. The firm was founded in 2006 by Guilherme Benchimol. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, XP manages a range of funds for individuals, financial institutions, businesses, family offices and institutional investors.

JGP Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (JGP) is the asset management y subsidiary of JGP Participacoes Ltda. in Brazil. The firm was founded in 1998 by a group of investment professionals including André Roberto Jakurski, Arlindo Raggio Vergaças Jr. and José Carlos Carvalho. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, JGP manages the JGP range of funds and provides investment advisory services to sophisticated investors and high-net worth individuals. To align interests with those of their clients, the JGP partners invest in the JGP funds.

Part of Banco BTG Pactual SA, BTG Pactual CTVM SA is a Brazilian company that develops digital banking mobile application software. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. The company was founded in 1973. Rodrigo Goes has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Távola Capital Gestão de Recursos LTDA is a Brazilian investment advisory company founded in 2002. The private company is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. and has subsidiaries in Brazil. Távola Capital provides investment advice to its clients.

TAG Investimentos Ltda. is the asset management subsidiary of TAG Partners Ltda., which is owned by TAG Participações e Investimentos Ltda. in Brazil. Headquartered in São Paulo, the firm was founded in 2004 and offers a global solution platform to clients with complete independence from financial institutions. It develops, exclusively, financial, real estate and corporate solutions for individuals, companies and the institutional market.

Riza Gestora de Recursos Ltda. is an investment advisory company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. and has subsidiaries in Brazil. The Brazilian company was founded in 2010 by Fabio Frajblat Gorodicht, André Grimberg. Daniel Albernaz Lemos has been the CEO of the private company since 2019.

Part of Icatu Holding SA, Icatu Seguros SA is a life insurance, social security, and capitalization company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Icatu Seguros offers solutions to protect families and financial futures through life insurance, private pension funds, and capitalization titles. The Brazilian company manages over $52 billion in investment funds and is recognized for its excellence in management both in Brazil and abroad. Icatu Seguros also offers tailor-made experiences and services for partnerships. The company was founded in 1973 by Carlos Alberto de Figueiredo Trindade Filho, and the CEO is Luciano Snel Corrêa.

Brasil Plural Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (Brasil Plural Gestão) is the asset management subsidiary of Brasil Plural Empreendimentos e Participacoes Ltda., itself a subsidiary of Holding Plural SA in Brasil. Founded in 2009 by André Schwartz and Rodolfo Riechert, the firm is located in Rio de Janeiro and manages assets for high-net worth and institutional investors. They are a socially responsible investor which incorporates socially responsible criteria in their investment processes and is also committed to ecologically responsible actions.

Part of NPF Participações SA, MHFT Investimentos SA is a Brazilian company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company was founded in 2006 by Luiz Eduardo Franco de Abreu. Luiz Eduardo Franco de Abreu has been the CEO since 2006.

Empiricus Research Publicações Ltda. (Empiricus) is an independent research firm headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded by Caio Mesquita, Felipe Miranda and Rodolfo Amstalden in 2009 as Empiricus Consultoria e Negocios Ltda. Empiricus is a digital investment platform that offers individual investors investment recommendations as good (or better) than those of professional investors.

Opportunity Private Equity Gestora de Recursos Ltda. (Opportunity) is a private equity and venture capital firm located in Brazil. It was founded in 1994 by Daniel Dantas and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

SPX Equities Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (SPX) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 2011, SPX manages Brazilian equity Long Bias and Long Only Funds.

SPX Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (SPX Capital) is an independent Brazilian fund management firm which was founded in 2010 by Bruno Pandolfi, Rogério Xavier and Daniel Schneider. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, SPX Capital offers discretionary macro and fundamental equity strategies for individual and institutional investors.

Part of Vinci Partners Investments Ltd., Vinci Soluções de Investimentos Ltda. is a company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vinci Soluções de Investimentos Ltda. provides investment solutions and opportunities, as well as career opportunities for talented individuals. The Brazilian company was founded in 2011 by Gilberto Sayão da Silva, Paulo Fernando Carvalho de Oliveira. André Simões has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

Part of Banco BTG Pactual SA, Pacifico Gestão de Recursos Ltda. The company is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. is a Brazilian company that combines high performance with capital preservation and defends long-term conscious profitability. The company is an independent manager with an absolute focus on stock investment management, multimarket, and private credit, seeking value generation with security and high criteria. Pacifico Gestão de Recursos was founded in 2011 by Daniel Corrêa Vairo, Eduardo de Carvalho Moreira, Felipe Padua, Leonardo Rufino de Souza, Paulo Abreu, and Bruno Dale Cabral de Menezes. Daniel Corrêa Vairo has been the CEO since 2011.

Part of Novus Capital (Brazil), Novus Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltda is an independent resource manager based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company brings together a team of multidisciplinary and complementary professionals with extensive experience and successful careers in the Brazilian financial market. The company's team is highly qualified and focused on the generation of alpha in different markets. on September 05, 2018. Novus Capital was founded in 2012 by Rodrigo Galindo, Felipe Novaes Garcia, Luis André de Queiroz Oliveira, and Rodrigo Galindo has been the CEO since then. Novus Capital Gestora de Recursos was acquired by Modal Asset Management Ltda.

HIX Investimentos Ltda. (HIX) is an independent Brazilian investment management firm founded by Rodrigo and Gustavo Heilberg in 2012. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, HIX provides investment advisory and management services to their clients.

Athena Capital Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a resource management company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. and has subsidiaries in Brazil. Athena Capital was born from the desire of its partners, who are professionals with prominent passages by some of the main resource management houses in the country. The Brazilian company's main focus is on resource management. The private company was founded in 2013 by André Vainer and Carlos Lima.

Part of 3G Radar Holding Ltda., 3G Radar Gestora de Recursos Ltda. The company is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. is a Brazilian company that specializes in radar asset management. The company was founded in 2013 by Mario Campos and Pedro Batista, with Mario Campos serving as CEO since its inception.

Vista Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltda. is an investment management company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vista Capital offers various investment strategies, including long biased view, macro research, and multi-strategy view, in Brazilian and international markets. The Brazilian company has grown from managing $30 million to over $6 billion in assets under management, thanks to consistent performance, strict risk controls, and a focus on retaining the best human capital. Vista Capital does not sell or distribute quotas of investment funds or any other financial assets, and past profitability does not guarantee future profitability. The private company was founded in 2014 by João Landau, Luis Felipe Aleixo Lutosa Clark Magon, João Eduardo Lopes, and has Luiz Guilherme Gama as the CEO since 2015.

Leste Administração De Recursos Ltda. is a Brazilian alternative investment platform based in Leblon, Brazil. and has subsidiaries in Brazil. The Brazilian company offers investment solutions with a constant commitment to provide consistent risk-adjusted returns. identifies, evaluates, and structures opportunistic investments with world-class partners in the Spanish paan of the East Group. The private company has wide experience in resource management, capital markets, and a wide network of relationships to originate investment opportunities. offers a wide range of strategies in the world of alternative investments and serves investors around the world with a team of over 90 people in three continents.

Part of Absolute Holding Ltda., Absolute Gestão de Investimentos Ltda. is a Brazilian independent resource manager based in São Paulo. Absolute's disciplined culture is reflected in its principles and processes, which prioritize respect for people, time, and clear communication. The Brazilian company has grown its assets under management consistently over time, with a team of professionals who share a significant intercession in macroeconomic and market analysis and management philosophy. Absolute offers several investment strategies, including disciplined macro, shares, arbitrage, and credit. The company provides regulatory documents in compliance with regulatory requirements and maintains transparency in its actions. The company was founded in 2013, and Tiago Sant'Anna has been the CEO since then.

Part of Holding Plural SA, Genial Gestão Ltda. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. is a Brazilian company that provides investment advice. The company was founded in 2015. The CEO is Rodolfo Riechert.

Part of XP, Inc., XP Vista Asset Management Ltda. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. is a Brazilian company that provides investment advice. The company was founded in 2012. Bruno Castro has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Capstone Partners Gestao de Recursos Ltda. The private company is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. provides investment advice. The Brazilian company was founded in 2019 by Márcio Albuquerque, Sebastian Lewit, Frederico Saraiva.

ASA Asset Gestão em Investimentos Ltda. (ASA Investments) is an asset management firm headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 2018 and is a subsidiary of Asa 1 Holding Nao Financeira Ltda., which is owned by Alberto J. Safra Holding Ltda. ASA Investments develops investment products for various types of clients.

Mantaro Capital Ltda. is a private company founded in 2021 that is based in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Brazilian company's website is currently under construction, but they can be reached by phone at +55 21 2042-3328 or by email at contato @ marocapital.com.br.

Part of Aegon NV, Mongeral Aegon Investimentos Ltda. The company is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. is a Brazilian company that provides investment advice. The company was founded in 2012. Helder Molina has been the CEO of the company since 2012.