José Miguel Calheiros

Banco de Investimento Global SA (BiG) is a privately held, specialized Portuguese investment bank which was founded by Carlos Rodrigues and Nicholas Racich in 1998 to operate in all business areas open to the banking sector in Portugal, offering banking, savings, investment trading and advisory services to a defined base of individual, institutional and corporate clients. Headquartered in Lisbon, BiG pioneered online investing in Portugal and is the leading independent provider of online investment services based on internet trading volumes. They are a member of Euronext and maintain partnership arrangements with global financial services suppliers to provide clients access to major stock, options and futures exchanges.

Part of Crédito Agrícola Group, Crédito Agrícola Vida Companhia de Seguros SA is a Portuguese Lisbon-based insurance company founded in 1998. The company provides investment advice for insurance company portfolio. António João Alberto Castanho has been the CEO of the company since 1998.

Crédito Agrícola Gest SGOIC SA (CA Gest) is the Portuguese collective investment management subsidiary of Crédito Agricola SGPS SA, itself a subsidiary of Caixa Central de Crédito Agricola Mutuo CRL. Headquartered in Lisbon, CA Gest was founded in 1989 and manages investment funds, portfolios, venture capital funds, pension funds and provides investment consulting services to individual and institutional clients.

BPI Vida e Pensões Companhia de Seguros SA (BPI Vida e Pensões) is a pension fund management firm headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal. It is a subsidiary of VidaCaixa SAU de Seguros y Reaseguros, which is owned by CaixaBank SA (BME: CABK; OTCMKTS: CAIXY) in Spain. The firm was founded in in 1988 as Segurança na Reforma Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Pensões SA. They became BPI Pensões Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Pensões SA in 1991 and in 2011, BPI Pensões was acquired by BPI Vida Companhia de Seguros de Vida SA and became BPI Vida e Pensões Companhia de Seguros SA. Headquartered in Lisbon, BPI Vida e Pensões provides investment advice for pension funds.

Part of Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank Plc (Portugal) is a Portuguese company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Lisbon, Portugal.