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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.

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.

Part of Holding Plural SA, Genial Investimentos Corretora de Valores Mobiliários SA is a brokerage firm based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Genial Investimentos provides brokerage services. The Brazilian company was founded in 1981 and the CEO is Rodolfo Riechert.

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.

Part of Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca Multiple, Casa de Bolsa Santander SA de CV is a Mexican company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico. Rodrigo Velasco has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

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.

Polo Capital Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (Polo Capital) is an independent Brazilian fund management firm which was founded in 2002 by Marcos Duarte and Claudio Andrade. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Polo Capital manages funds for qualified individual and corporate investors.

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.

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.

Kínitro Capital Gestão de Recursos de Terceiros Ltda. (Kínitro Capital) is an independent alternative investment firm headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The firm was founded by Carlos Carvalho and Rafael Icaza in 2004 as Saga Gestão de Investimentos Financeiros Ltda. Kínitro Capital offers multimarket and long-only investment funds, which serve different types of clients who seek independence, consistency and a good Risk-Return ratio.

Squadra Investimentos Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (Squadra Investimentos) is an independent alternative investment management firm headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The firm was founded by Guilherme Mexias Aché and Mauricio Miranda in 2007. Squadra Investimentos provides discretionary services to private funds and separately managed accounts. Their flagship fund has an equity long-biased absolute return strategy.

SDA Gestão de Recursos Ltda. The private company is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. and has subsidiaries in Brazil. provides investment advice to its clients. is a Brazilian investment advisory company founded in 2000.

M Square Investimentos Ltda. (M Square) is an independent Brazilian asset management firm which was founded by Arthur Mizne in 2005. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, M Square exclusively focuses on managing Brazilian and international investment funds for families and institutions.

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.

VR Capital Holdings Ltda. The private company is based in São Paulo, Brazil and has subsidiaries in Brazil. provides investment advice. The Brazilian company was founded in 2010. The CEO is Claudio Szajman.

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.

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.

Terra Brasis Resseguros SA provides reinsurance services. The firm offers services to the Brazilian insurance market in the technical as well in the investment and risk management areas. The company was founded on September 20, 2010 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Holding Plural SA operates as an investment holding company for non-financial institutions. The company was founded on March 22, 2012 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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.

Geradora Eólica Bons Ventos da Serra I SA operates in the wind power generating industry. It specialty is electricity through wind power from its wind generating plant. The company was founded on July 12, 2011 and is headquartered in Fortaleza, Brazil.

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 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.

Logos Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a Brazilian company based in São Paulo. is committed to providing secure investment opportunities for its clients. The Brazilian company was founded in 2018 by Ricardo da Cruz Gouveia Vieira and Luiz Henrique Guerra, with Ricardo da Cruz Gouveia Vieira serving as CEO since then.

Tork Capital Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is an independent asset management company founded in 2018, based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Brazilian company has subsidiaries in Brazil and Cayman Islands. Tork Capital specializes in equities and aims to provide investment solutions to its clients.

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.

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.