Philippe Molina

Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo Wealth Management SA (CSHG) is the Brazilian private banking subsidiary of Banco de Investimentos Credit Suisse (Brasil) SA, ultimately held by Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN). Formerly known as Hedging-Griffo Corretora de Valores SA, the firm was founded in 2006 when Credit Suisse acquired Hedging-Griffo, an independent asset management and private banking firm. CSHG is headquartered in Sao Paulo and offers a suite of products covering a range of investments from domestic and international equities and bonds to currencies, commodities and interest rate securities.

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.

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.

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 Bahia Holding SA, Bahia AM Renda Fixa Ltda. The company is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. provides investment advice. The Brazilian company was founded in 2011. Thiago Mendez has been the CEO of the company since 2011.

Gavea Investimentos Ltda. (GIL) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and was founded in 2003. Formerly known as 3F Administracao De Recursos Ltda., the firm was founded in 2003 by Arminio Fraga and Luiz Henrique Fraga. In 2010, Gavea became a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management, the asset management arm of J.P Morgan Chase & Co. and created a strategic alliance with Highbridge Capital Management, the global alternative asset manager owned by JPMorgan Asset Management. GIL’s activities are focused on hedge funds, private equity funds, equity funds and real estate funds.

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.

Bahia AM Renda Variável Ltda. is the asset management subsidiary of Aleutas SA, which is owned by Bahia Holding SA in Brazil. The firm was founded in 2011 as BBM I Gestão de Recursos Ltda. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Bahia AM Renda Variável manages Brazil Funds for various investors.

BTG Pactual Asset Management S/A DTVM (BTG Pactual-AM) is the investment management subsidiary of Banco BTG Pactual SA (BVMF: BPAC11) in Brazil. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, BTG Pactual-AM was founded in 2010 and provides asset management services to clients, including institutional clients, high-net worth individuals, corporations and distribution partners in Brazil and across Latin America.

Legacy Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltda. The private company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. Legacy Capital is formed by professionals with a long history of working together and great experience in asset management. is a Brazilian independent asset management company founded in 2017.

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.

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.

Frontier Capital Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a Brazilian investment management company based in São Paulo, Brazil. Frontier Capital specializes in long-biased investment strategies with Brazilian equities and diversified portfolios. The Brazilian company provides in-depth analysis and original sources of information to its clients. The private company was founded in 2013 by Rodrigo Fonseca and Marcos Guerra.

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.

Neo Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (Neo) is an independent fund management firm headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 2003 and manages the Neo mutual fund range for various investors. Neo is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) which integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations into their investment process.

STK Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltda. The private company is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. provides investment advice. and has subsidiaries in Brazil and Cayman Islands. The Brazilian company was founded in 2010 by Antenor Fernandes, Luciana de Oliveira Cezar Coelho. Antenor Fernandes has been the CEO since 2010.

Axio Investimentos Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a private company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Brazilian company provides investment management services.

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.

J. Safra Asset Management Ltda. (Safra AM) is an asset management firm headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 1968 and is a subsidiary of Sercom Trade Services Ltda., ultimately held by Grupo Safra SA in Brazil. Founded in 1968, Safra AM manages assets for individual and institutional clients.

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.

Pollux Capital Administração de Recursos Ltda. (Pollux) is an alternative investment management firm which was established in 2005. Located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Pollux manages hedge funds for high net-worth individual and institutional investors

TRUXT Investimentos Ltda. (TRUXT) is an independent alternative investment firm headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The firm was founded in 2015 and formerly known as R2 Gestora de Recursos Ltda. TRUXT manages the Truxt Funds for individual and institutional investors.

BW Gestão de Investimentos Ltda. (BWGI) is the alternative investment management subsidiary of Brasil Warrant Administração de Bens e Empresas SA in Brazil. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, BWGI was founded in 1998 and manages various funds for individual and institutional investors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

RK Partners Assessoria Financeira e Gestao de Recursos Ltda. The private company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. is a financial advisory and Brazilian asset management company. The company was founded in 2010 by Ricardo Knoepfelmacher.

VELT Partners Investimentos Ltda (VELT Partners) is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. VELT Partners was founded in 2016 to offer the Velt Partners Fund for high net worth investors.

Miles Capital Ltda. is an independent asset management firm headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. The firm was co-founded by Fabiano Custodio and Albert Munck in 2015. Miles Capital manages assets of individual and institutional clients.

Part of Wealth High Governance Holding de Participações SA, Wealth High Governance Capital Ltda provides investment advice. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian company was founded in 2019. Marco Aurélio Abrahão has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Part of Polo Capital Gestão de Recursos Ltda., Polo Capital Internacional Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Polo Capital Internacional Gestão de Recursos Ltda. specializes in the Special Situations strategy, which involves seeking out high-potential assets that are typically illiquid. The Brazilian company was founded in 2007 by Cláudio Andrade and Marcos Duarte Santos, with Cláudio Andrade serving as the CEO since then.

Kondor Administradora e Gestora de Recursos Financieros Ltda. (Kondor Invest) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 2006 by Rodrigo Veiga and Marc Kattan. Kondor Invest manages the Kondor funds for individual and corporate investors.

Icatu Vanguarda Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (Icatu Vanguarda) is the asset management subsidiary of Icatu Holding SA in Brazil. The firm was founded in 1998. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Icatu Vanguarda provides asset management services to institutional or individual clients.

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.

Sharp Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltda. (Sharp Capital) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded by in 2017, Sharp Capital manages investment funds for various types of investors.

Gerval Investimentos Ltda. is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Founded in 1973, the firm is responsible for managing third-party resources through investment funds and managed portfolios.

Itaú USA Asset Management, Inc. (Itaú USA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2011 and they are directly owned by ITB Holding Brasil Participações Ltda. and their ultimate parent is Itaú Unibanco Holding SA (BVMF: ITUB4, NYSE: ITUB). Itaú USA provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to funds and institutional clients located or domiciled within or outside of the US.

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.

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.

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.

Kadima Gestão de Investimentos Ltda. is a Brazilian company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. and has subsidiaries in Brazil. The Brazilian company was founded in 2007 by Sérgio Blank, who has been the CEO since 2007. provides investment advice.

Nucleo Capital Ltda. is an independent investment manager headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 2011 by Luis Guilherme Ronchel Soares and João Marcelo Grossi Ferreira. Nucleo Capital provides investment management services primarily for investment funds and other accredited and qualified clients on a discretionary basis.

Ventor Investimentos Ltda. is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The firm was founded by Flavio Fucs in 2006 and they manage multi-market, stock and social security funds for sophisticated investors.