Michael Fridman

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

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.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Franklin Templeton Investímentos (Brasil) Ltda. (Franklin Templeton Brasil) is the Brazilian investment management subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Capital Holdings Pte Ltd., ultimately held by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in the US. The firm was created in 2006 when Franklin Templeton Investments took full control of Bradesco Templeton Asset Management Ltda., originally founded in 1997 as a joint venture between subsidiaries of Banco Bradesco and Franklin Templeton Investments. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Franklin Templeton Brasil is responsible for the managed funds and portfolios, as well as for managing the exposure in Brazil of various funds distributed by Franklin Templeton in other markets.

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.

Santander Brasil Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (SBG) is the Brazilian asset management subsidiary of Santander Asset Management Investment Holdings Ltd. in Great Britain. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, SBG was founded in 2008 and offers a diversified range of investment funds, managed portfolios and investment advice to individual, corporate 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.

Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda. (Kapitalo) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded by Carlos Woelz and João Carlos Pinho in 2009. Kapitalo manages funds for individual and institutional 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.

Berkana Investimentos e Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a private company based in São Paulo, Brazil. and has subsidiaries in Brazil. The Brazilian company was founded in 2009. Luiz Carlos Moreira Lima has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Emerald Gestão de Investimentos Sociedade Unipessoal Lda. (Emerald) is a multi-family office headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They are a subsidiary of Tehama Participações SA, ultimately owned by Grupo Safra SA. The firm was founded in 2008 to manage the resources of the J.Safra Family. Emerald expanded their operations from 2013 onwards, when they also started to provide securities consulting and financial planning services to a select group of clients.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Part of Vintage Holdings Ltda., Vintage Investimentos Ltda. is a Fundo de Investimento based in São Paulo, Brazil. Vintage Investimentos is managed by the three founding partners who have extensive experience in the financial market, having worked together in the treasury of Banco Garantia and later Credit Suisse, managing national and international assets. The Brazilian company was founded in 2014 by Guilherme Amaral Ferraz, Rodrigo César de Carvalho, Ricardo de Paulo. Guilherme Amaral Ferraz has been the CEO since 2014.

Parcitas Gestão de Investimentos Ltda. The private company is based in São Paulo, Brazil, and has subsidiaries in Cayman Islands. specializes in managing multimarket funds with a focus on macro top-down strategies in the Brazilian and international markets of interest rates, currencies, stock indices, and equities. is a Brazilian independent asset management company that was founded in 2014 by Thais Andrea Ortega and Marcelo Ferman, who has been the CEO since then.

Verde Asset Management SA (Verde) is the investment management subsidiary of Holding Verde Empreedimentos e Participações SA in Brazil. The firm was founded by Luis Stuhlberger in 2015. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Verde manages the Verde fund range with different risk levels and strategies.

Point72 Europe (London) LLP (P72) is a hedge fund manager headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2015 and is a subsidiary of Point72 Asset Management LP, ultimately owned by Point72 Capital Holdings LP in the US. P72 is a sub-investment manager to certain affiliated investment management entities based outside the UK.

Garde Asset Management Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a multi-strategy independent resource management company based in São Paulo, Brazil. Garde Asset Management specializes in managing social security funds and offers a diversified basis of partners, institutional clients, and investors. The company's management is based on the concept of multi-strategy, with members specialized in each investment segment, acting in the Brazilian and international interests of interest, currencies, actions, and commodities, combining traditional management and systematic management. Part of GCP Holding Ltda., Garde Asset Management is a fiduciary company that offers fixed income, multimarket, and stock investment funds. The company was founded in 2013, and Marcelo Giufrida has been the CEO of the company since then.

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.

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.

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.

Occam Brasil Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (Occam Brasil) is the Brazil-based asset management subsidiary of Consistencia Participacoes Ltda. in Chile. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Occam Brasil was founded in 2017 and manages multimarket, equity and pension funds.

Rapier Investimentos e Gestão Patrimonial Ltda. is a private company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that was founded in 2002. The Brazilian company provides investment advice.

Part of Costanera Management Ltd., CG Investimentos Brazil Ltda. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. is a Brazilian company that provides investment advice. The company was founded in 2018. George Kerr has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Navi Capital Adm e Gestora de Recursos Financeiros Ltda. (Navi Capital) is an independent investment firm headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Navi Capital provides asset management services to various types of clients.

Amazonia Investimentos Ltda. The private company is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. provides investment advice. and has subsidiaries in Brazil. The Brazilian company was founded in 2013 by Diogo Lisa de Figueiredo, Helio Ji Iong Kwon.

Kilima Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a private company based in São Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian company was founded in 2019 by Eduardo Levy, and Alexandre Mathias has been the CEO of the company since 2021. provides investment advice.

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.