Luiz Carlos Mendonça de Barros

BRZ Investimentos Ltda. is the asset management subsidiary of Weigl Participações SA in Brazil, itself a subsidiary of GP Investments Ltd. (BVMF: GPIV33), a firm based in the Bermuda Islands and listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and traded on the EuroMTF market. The firm was incubated at GP Investimentos in 1998 and formerly known as GP Administração de Recursos. They became BRZ Investimentos in 2007. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, BRZ Investimentos is a multi-product, customer-focused firm which performs in-house research, strict risk control and mainly offers credit and private equity funds strategies.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Brasil Ltda. (BNPPAM) is the Brazilian asset management arm of Banco BNP Paribas Brasil SA, itself a subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA (XP: BNP, ADR: BNPQY) in France. The firm is headquartered in Sao Paulo and was founded in 1998. BNPPAM provides competitive investment options for high-net worth individuals, pension funds, insurance companies and foreign investors.

Itaú Unibanco SA is the asset management subsidiary of Itaú Unibanco Holding SA (BVMF: ITUB4; NYSE: ITUB) in Brazil. The firm was created as Banco Itaú SA when Unibanco and Itaú merged. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Itaú Unibanco provides a full line of banking services to individual, institutional and corporate clients.

Part of Itaú Unibanco Holding SA, Banco BBA Creditanstalt SA is an international investment bank. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Zurich Vida e Previdência SA is an insurance management firm headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 1996 and is a subsidiary of Zurich Participações E Representações Ltda., which is owned by Zurich Insurance Group AG (SWX: ZURN) in Switzerland. Zurich Vida e Previdência provides a wide range of property and casualty, and life insurance products and services in more than 210 countries and territories. Their clients include individuals, small businesses, and mid-sized and large companies, as well as multinational corporations.

GP Investimentos Ltda (GP Investimentos) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of GP Investments Ltd. founded in 1993 by Carlos Alberto da Veiga Sicupira and Roberto Moses Thompson Motta. The firm is headquartered in Milan.

Credit Suisse (Brasil) SA CTVM (Credit Suisse Brazil) is the Brazilian broker/dealer subsidiary of Banco de Investimentos Credit Suisse (Brasil) SA, itself a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. The firm was formerly known as Banco de Investimentos Credit Suisse (Brazil). Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Credit Suisse Brazil operates with brokerage and treasury operations, Fixed Income operations (credit and debt restructuring), issuance of shares and bonds, IPO and mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

Part of Opus International Holdings Ltd., Opus Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a Brazilian investment advisory company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Opus Gestão de Recursos Ltda. provides investment advice. The Brazilian company was founded in 2004 by Eduardo Plass, José Mario Osorio, Carlos Henrique Vieira Brandão dos Santos. José Mario Osorio has been the CEO since 2004.

Part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan CCVM SA is a Brazilian company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. The company was founded in 1991. Daniel Darahem has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Santander Brasil Asset Management DTVM SA (SAM Brasil) is the Brazil-based investment management subsidiary of SAM Brasil Participacoes SA, itself a subsidiary of Santander Asset Management Holdings Ltd. in Great Britain. Formerly known as Santander Banespa Asset Management, the firm was founded in 1968 and is located in São Paulo, where they provide mutual fund and discretionary portfolio management for institutions, pension funds, corporations and private investors. In 2009 the firm absorbed the activities of Banco Real Asset Management. They are a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment which integrates ESG factors into their investment processes.

Bradesco SA CTVM is the securities brokerage subsidiary of Banco Bradesco BBI SA, itself owned by Banco Bradesco SA (BVMF: BBDC4) in Brazil. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, the firm provides full spectrum of brokerage services specifically tailored for both retail and institutional investors.

Santander CCVM SA is a brokerage firm headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a subsidiary of Banco Santander (Brasil) SA (BVMF: SANB3; NYSE: BSBR). Santander provides brokerage services to their clients.

Founded in 1967, J. Safra Corretora de Valores e Câmbio Ltda. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil and is part of Grupo Safra SA (Private Group). is a Brazilian brokerage company that provides brokerage services.

Itaú Corretora de Valores SA is a brokerage company based in São Paulo, Brazil. Part of Itaú Unibanco Holding SA, Itaú Corretora de Valores SA provides brokerage services. The Brazilian company was founded in 1965 and Leonard Bruno Linnet has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Part of Bank of America Corp., Merrill Lynch SA CVTM is a brokerage services provider. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian company was founded in 1998. Eduardo Alcalay has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Opportunity Gestora de Recursos Ltda. (Opportunity) is the asset management subsidiary of Banco Opportunity SA in Brazil. The firm was founded by Daniel Dantas, Veronica Dantas and Dorio Ferman in 1996. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Opportunity manages equity funds and multi-market funds for various investors.

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.

Part of Banco BTG Pactual SA, Fator SA Corretora de Valores is a Brazilian company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. The company was founded in 1971. The CEO is Rogério Karp Macedo. Fator SA Corretora de Valores was acquired by Banco BTG Pactual SA.

Bram Bradesco Asset Management S/A DTVM (BRAM) is an asset management firm headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 2000 as a result of the consolidation of Bradesco Templeton Asset Management, BCN Alliance Asset Management, Boavista, BANEB, Credireal and Banco Bradesco´s Fund Management and Investment Portfolio departments. They are a subsidiary of Banco Bradesco BBI SA, which is owned by Banco Bradesco SA (BVMF: BBDC4, NYSE: BBD). The firm manages local funds that invest globally for Brazilian investors and, on the other hand, it manages management of Latin American funds for foreign investors. BRAM is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

BV Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários Ltda. (BV DTVM) is an asset management firm headquartered in headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 1999 as Votorantim Capital DTVM Ltda., subsequently became Votorantim Asset Management DTVM Ltda. in 2000 and changed their name to BV Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários Ltda. in 2021. They are a subsidiary of Kartra Participaçoes Ltda., which is owned by Banco Bradesco SA (BVMF: BBDC4). BV DTVM manages the assets of third parties and creates customized financial solutions for a range of clients which includes institutional and corporate investors, private banking clients, distributors, and international funds and investors.

Banco Alfa de Investimento SA (Investment Management) (Banco Alfa-IM) is the investment management division of Banco Alfa de Investimento SA (BVMF: BRIV3) in Brazil. Founded in 1966, the firm is headquartered in Sao Paulo and manages investment funds for individual and corporate clients.

BTG Pactual WM Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (BTG Pactual WM) is the wealth management subsidiary of Banco BTG Pactual SA (BVMF: BPAC11) in Brazil. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, BTG Pactual WM was founded in 1990 and provides personalized wealth management solutions to corporate, institutional and high-net worth clients.

Part of Inter & Co., Inc., Inter Asset Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a Brazilian company based in Belo Horizonte. Inter Asset offers intelligent solutions for investment management, combining the experience of DLM Invista with the innovation of Inter. The Brazilian company was founded in 2003 by Marcelo Castro Domingos da Silva, Luiz Fernando Lembi Iani, and Daniel Castro Domingos da Silva, with Marcelo Castro Domingos da Silva serving as CEO since then.

Part of Porto Seguro Itau-Unibanco Participaçoes SA, Porto Seguro Investimentos Ltda. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. is a Brazilian company that offers a Capitalization Title for Rent, which allows you to rent a property without a guarantor and also participate in sweepstakes. The company was founded in 2012. Roberto de Souza Santos has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Global X Brasil Gestora de Investiemntos Ltda. (Global X Brazil) is the Brazilian asset management subsidiary of Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. in South Korea. The firm was founded in 2008 as Mirae Asset Global Investimentos Gestão de Recursos Ltda. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Global X Brazil provides innovative solutions to retail and institutional clients.

Claritas Administração de Recursos Ltda. (Claritas) is the Brazilian investment management subsidiary of PFG do Brasil Ltda., ultimately held by The Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG) in the US. The firm was founded in 1999 by Marcelo Karvelis and Renato Ribeiro Fortes Abucham. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Claritas offers local and international funds to individual and institutional investors. The firm is a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) and committed to incorporating environmental, social and corporate governance issues into their investment analysis and decision-making processes.

Kinea Investimentos Ltda. (Kinea) is an investment management firm headquartered in headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded by former BankBoston executives in 2007 and is a subsidiary of Itaú Unibanco SA, itself a subsidiary of Itaú Unibanco Holding SA (ADR: ITUB) in Brazil. Kinea manages hedge funds, multimarket shares funds, real estate funds and private equity funds.

LCA Consultores Ltda. provides economic consulting services. Its practice areas include macroeconomics, market intelligence, competition economics, and investment & corporate finance. The company is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Azimut Brasil Wealth Management Ltda. (Azimut Brasil) is the Brazilian wealth management subsidiary of Azimut Brasil Wealth Management Holding SA, ultimately owned by Azimut Holding SpA (BIT: AZM; OTCMKTS: AZIHY) in Italy. Headquartered in São Paulo, Azimut Brasil was founded in 2009 and offers Brazilian investors with independent advice specializing in the allocation of investments to individual, family and corporate assets.

PNBY Gestora de Recursos Ltda. (do-business-as Panamby Capital) is the asset management subsidiary of Nióbio Participações Ltda., which is owned by Boro Participações Ltda. in Brazil. Headquartered in São Paulo, Panamby Capital was founded in 2008 and offers high-performance investment products with sustainable long-term results.

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.

AMS Capital Ltda., do-business-as M. Safra & Co. Money Managers, is a privately-held asset management firm headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded by Ezra Moise Safra as Everest Participações Ltda. in 1998 to manage resources of the Safra family. AMS Capital offers investment funds for qualified investors, individuals and companies.

Jive Asset Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (Jive Asset) is the asset management subsidiary of Jive Investments Consultoria Ltda. in Brazil. The firm was founded by Alexandre Marques Cruz and Marcelo Martins in 2011. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Jive Asset manages distressed funds for individuals and institutional investors.

Vinland Capital Management Gestora de Recursos Ltda is a private company based in Brazil that aims to generate high risk-adjusted returns by seeking opportunities in various liquid asset classes without geographic restrictions, with a focus on Latin America. Vinland Capital Management Gestora de Recursos has subsidiaries in Cayman Islands. The Brazilian company was founded by Rogério Freitas.

Sul América Investimentos Gestora de Recursos SA (SulAmérica Investimentos) is the asset management subsidiary of Sul América Investimentos DTVM SA, ultimately held by Rede D'Or São Luiz SA (BVMF: RDOR3) in Brazil. Founded in 2015, the firm is headquartered in Sao Paulo and manages assets for a range of clients such as pension funds, insurers, companies, financial institutions, family offices, brokers, distributors and high-net worth individuals. SulAmérica Investimentos is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) and seeks to incorporate environmental, social and corporate governance matters into their business practices.

Exploritas Administração Financeira Ltda. is a financial management company based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2012. The Brazilian company seeks to generate value through diversification and exposure in assets with a great risk/return asymmetry. The company's portfolio managers have years of experience in the financial market, managing bonds and equities in the Brazilian market and Latin America. Exploritas Administration Financial Ltda. uses strategies with derivatives as an integral part of its investment policy. The private company's investment funds do not have the assurance of the administrator, the portfolio manager, any insurance mechanism, or the credit guarantee fund - FGC. The information contained in this material is exclusively informative and should not be considered as an offer for the acquisition of quotas from these funds.

Kroma Comercializadora de Energia Ltda. engages in the sale and management of electrical energy. Its solutions include wind and solar power. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Recife, Brazil.

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.

RPS Capital Administradora de Recursos Ltda. The private company is based in São Paulo, Brazil and has subsidiaries in Cayman Islands. is a Brazilian asset management company that values investor respect, consistent and diverse performance, and sustainability. was founded in 2013 by Paolo di Sora.

Indie Capital Investimentos Ltda. (Indie Capital) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The firm was founded by Felipe Montagna, Daniel Reichstul and Luiz Henrique Guerra in 2011. Indie Capital provides investment solutions to a broad range of investors, including institutional investors, wealth managers, investment advisors, private and retail clients.

Part of Tenax Partners Ltda., Tenax Capital Ltda. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. is a new background manager that focuses on generating consistent returns, prosperity, and development with responsibility. Tenax Capital is committed to sustainability, diversity, and compliance with governance rules. The Brazilian company believes in the power of fundamentalist analysis, which is the central pillar of its investment philosophy. The company has a creative and meritocratic work environment that favors the generation of ideas, never giving up the importance of robust processes. Founded in 2021 by Sergio Luiz da Silva, Vinicius Alves Fukushiro, and Alexandre Paixao Silvéri, Alexandre has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Part of Warsk Participações Ltda., Apex Capital Ltda. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. is a Brazilian company that provides independent management of third-party resources. The company's description includes policies related to ethics, risk, internal controls, personal investment, allocation, information security, training, voting, privacy, ESG, and environmental practices. The company specializes in analyzing and managing resources for large national and international banks and managers. The company was founded in 2011 by José Rocha, Fabio Spinola Vianna, Paulo Eduardo Muller Weickert. Fabio Spinola Vianna has been the CEO since 2011.