Rule · CVM · 26 Mar 2015
Securities portfolio administrators must maintain assets exceeding R$ 550,000 or 0.20% of financial resources under administration. Natural persons must be Brazilian-domiciled graduates passing a CVM exam, while legal entities require Brazilian headquarters and designated statutory directors for compliance and risk management. Administrators must submit annual reference forms via CVM’s electronic system by March 31, including audited financial statements and effectiveness reports. Prohibitions include misleading information, guaranteeing returns, and directors holding conflicting roles.
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CVM INSTRUCTION No.
558, OF MARCH 26, 2015 WITH THE CHANGES INTRODUCED BY CVM INSTRUCTIONS No. 593/17, 597/18, 604/18 AND 609/19.
Provides for the professional exercise of securities portfolio administration.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF BRAZIL - CVM makes public that the Collegiate Board, in a meeting held on March 4, 2015, based on arts. 8 o , item I, 15, item III and § 1º, and 23 of Law no. 6.385, of December 7, 1976, APPROVED the following Instruction:
CHAPTER I - DEFINITION
Art. 1º The administration of securities portfolios is the professional exercise of activities related, directly or indirectly, to the operation, maintenance and management of a portfolio of securities, including the application of financial resources in the securities market on behalf of the investor.
§ 1º The registration of securities portfolio administrator may be requested in both or in one of the following categories:
I – fiduciary administrator;
II – resource manager.
§ 2º The following may be registered in the fiduciary administrator category:
I – financial institutions and other institutions authorized to operate by the Central Bank of Brazil, subject to specific regulation; II – legal entity that continuously maintains values equivalent to at least 0.20% of financial resources under administration referred to in item 6.3.c of Annex 15-II or more than R$ 550,000.00 (five hundred thousand reais), whichever is greater, in each of the following accounts of the Balance Sheet prepared in accordance with Law No. 6,404, of December 15, 1976, and with CVM norms:
a) shareholders' equity; and b) cash and cash equivalents, together with investments in federal public securities; and
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III – legal entity that exercises the activities referred to in § 2º of art. 2º exclusively in:
a) participation investment funds – FIP; b) mutual investment funds in emerging companies – FMIEE; c) investment funds in participation fund shares – FICFIP; d) infrastructure participation investment funds – FIP-IE; e) investment funds in participations in research, development and innovation intensive economic production – FIP-PD&I; and f) administered portfolios.
§ 3º This Instruction applies to all administrators and managers of investment funds, subject to the exception provided for in the specific norm of real estate investment fund.
§ 4º The securities portfolio administrator may, at any time, request the CVM modification of its registration category, in accordance with the procedures defined in this Instruction for request for registration and voluntary cancellation of the authorization.
§ 5º The securities portfolio administrator registered in the fiduciary administrator category in accordance with item II of § 2º must send to the CVM, by March 31 of each year:
I – financial statements prepared in accordance with Law No. 6,404, of 1976, and with the norms of the CVM, with a base date of December 31 of the previous year, audited by an independent auditor registered with the CVM; and II – report on the effectiveness of the continuous maintenance of the values required by item II of § 2º, referring to the previous year, issued by an independent auditor registered with the CVM.
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CHAPTER II – REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
Section I – CVM Authorization
Art. 2º The administration of securities portfolios is an activity exclusive to person authorized by the CVM.
§ 1º Registration in the resource manager category authorizes:
I – the management of a securities portfolio, including the application of financial resources in the securities market on behalf of the investor; and II – the provision of securities consulting.
§ 1º The registration in the resource manager category authorizes the management of a portfolio of securities, including the application of financial resources in the securities market on behalf of the investor.
§1º with wording given by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
§ 2º Registration in the fiduciary administrator category authorizes the exercise of all activities referred to in the caput of art. 1º, with the exception of the resource management activity mentioned in § 1º of this
article.
§ 3º The securities portfolio administrator registered exclusively in the category resource manager may exercise the activities referred to in § 2º with respect to the administered portfolios of which it is manager, provided that it complies with the provisions of:
I – item VI of art. 14;
II – chapter VII; and
III – item 10.1 of Annex 15-II.
§ 4º The manager must exercise its consulting activities with loyalty towards its customers, avoiding practices that may harm the fiduciary relationship maintained with them and, in the face of a situation of conflict of interest, inform the client that it is acting in conflict of interest and the sources of this conflict, before providing the consulting.
§ 4º REVOKED
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§4º revoked by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
Subsection I – Natural Person Administrator
Art. 3º For the purposes of obtaining and maintaining authorization by the CVM, the administrator of securities portfolios, natural person, must meet the following requirements:
I – be domiciled in Brazil;
II – be graduated from a higher education course, in an institution officially recognized in the Country or in the abroad; II – be graduated from a higher education course or equivalent, in an institution officially recognized in the Country or in the abroad;
Item II with wording given by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
III – have been approved in a certification exam whose methodology and content have been previously approved by the CVM; IV – have an impeccable reputation; V – not be disqualified or suspended from holding office in financial institutions and other entities authorized to operate by the CVM, by the Central Bank of Brazil, by the Superintendence of Private Insurance – SUSEP or by the National Superintendence of Complementary Pension – PREVIC; VI – not have been convicted of bankruptcy crime, malfeasance, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, “money” laundering or concealment of assets, rights and values, against the popular economy, the order economic, consumer relations, public faith or public property, the national financial system, or a criminal penalty that prohibits, even temporarily, access to public offices, by decision res judicata, except in the case of rehabilitation; VII – not be prevented from administering their assets or disposing of them due to a judicial decision or administrative; and
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VII – not be prevented from administering their assets or disposing of them due to a judicial decision or administrative; Item VII with wording given by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
VIII – fill out the form of Annex 15-I in order to prove their aptitude for the exercise of the activity.
VIII – not be included in the credit protection services registry; Item VIII with wording given by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
IX – not be included in a list of defaulting principals of an entity administering an organized market; Item IX included by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
X – not have titles protested against them; and Item X included by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
XI – fill out the form of Annex 15-I in order to prove their aptitude for the exercise of the activity.
Item XI included by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
§ 1º The Department of Institutional Investor Relations - SIN may, exceptionally, waive compliance with the requirements provided for in items II and III of the caput of this
article, provided that the applicant possesses:
I – proven professional experience of at least 7 (seven) years in activities directly related to the management of administered portfolios of securities and investment funds; or II – notoriety and high qualification in an area of knowledge that qualifies him for the exercise of the activity of administration of securities portfolios.
§ 2º Professional experience within the securities market is not considered, for the purposes of the provisions of § 1º of this article:
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I – acting as an investor;
II – the provision of services in an unpaid manner; or III – the completion of an internship.
§ 3º For the maintenance of authorization by the CVM, the administrator of securities portfolios, natural person, is exempt from compliance with the requirements provided for in items II and III of the caput, if he has not had to comply with them to obtain his authorization.
§ 4º In the cases provided for in items VIII to X of the caput, the SIN may evaluate the convenience and the opportunity of granting the requested authorization, considering the individual situation of the applicant, as well as the circumstances and the materiality of the case. § 4º included by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
§ 5º The natural person portfolio administrator and the responsible directors referred to in § 4º of art. 4º cannot obtain or maintain registration as an autonomous investment agent. § 5º included by CVM Instruction No. 597, of April 26, 2018.
Subsection II – Legal Entity Administrator
Art. 4º For the purposes of obtaining and maintaining authorization by the CVM, the administrator of securities portfolios, legal entity, must meet the following requirements:
I – have headquarters in Brazil;
II – have in its corporate object the exercise of administration of securities portfolios and be regularly constituted and registered in the National Registry of Legal Entities - CNPJ; III – assign responsibility for the administration of securities portfolios to one or more statutory directors authorized to exercise the activity by the CVM, in accordance with §§ 5º and 6º of this
article;
IV – assign responsibility for compliance with rules, policies, procedures and internal controls and this Instruction to a statutory director;
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V – if the registration is in the “resource manager” category, assign responsibility for risk management to a statutory director, who may be the same person referred to in item IV; VI – its direct or indirect controlling partners must meet the requirements provided for by items IV, V, VI and VII of art. 3º; VII – constitute and maintain adequate human and computational resources to the size and area of operation of the legal entity; and VIII – fill out the form of Annex 15-II in order to prove their aptitude for the exercise of the activity.
§ 1º The use of abbreviations and words or expressions that induce the investor to error in the name of the legal entity referred to in the caput is prohibited.
§ 2º The director responsible for the administration of securities portfolios cannot be responsible for any other activity in the capital market, in the institution or outside it, except by the provision of securities consulting.
§ 2º The director responsible for the administration of securities portfolios cannot be responsible for any other activity in the capital market, in the institution or outside it. § 2º with wording given by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
§ 3º The directors responsible for risk management and for compliance with rules, policies, procedures and internal controls and this Instruction:
I – must exercise their functions with independence; and II – cannot act in functions related to the administration of securities portfolios, intermediation and distribution or securities consulting, or in any activity that limits their independence, in the institution or outside it.
§ 4º The directors responsible for the administration of securities portfolios, for the implementation and compliance with rules, policies, procedures and internal controls and this Instruction, for risk management and for the distribution of investment fund shares may exercise the same functions in controlling, controlled, affiliated or commonly controlled companies.
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§ 4º The directors responsible for the administration of securities portfolios, for the implementation and compliance with rules, policies, procedures and internal controls and this Instruction, for risk management and for the distribution of investment fund shares:
I – may exercise the same functions in controlling, controlled, affiliated or commonly controlled companies; and II – cannot obtain or maintain registration as an autonomous investment agent. § 4º with wording given by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
§ 4º The directors responsible for the administration of securities portfolios, for the implementation and compliance with rules, policies, procedures and internal controls and this Instruction, for risk management and for the distribution of investment fund shares may exercise the same functions in controlling, controlled, affiliated or commonly controlled companies. § 4º with wording given by CVM Instruction No. 597, of April 26, 2018.
§ 5º The securities portfolio administrator may indicate more than one director responsible for administration activities, provided that the legal entity:
I – administers securities portfolios of diverse nature or aimed at diverse customer profiles; and II – its administrative structure contemplates the existence of a division of activities between the portfolios, which must be administered independently and exclusively, especially with regard to the taking of investment decisions.
§ 6º The securities portfolio administrator registered simultaneously in the categories resource manager and fiduciary administrator must indicate a director responsible exclusively for the fiduciary administration activity.
§ 7º The responsibility assignments provided for in items III, IV and V of the caput must be recorded in the contract or in the corporate bylaws of the legal entity or in a meeting minutes of its board of directors.
§ 8º The computational resources provided for in item VII of the caput must:
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I – be protected against tampering; and
II – maintain records that allow audits and inspections to be carried out.
Art. 5º In the event of impediment of any of the directors responsible for the administration of securities portfolios for a period longer than 30 (thirty) days, the substitute must assume the said responsibility, and the CVM must be notified, in writing, within a period of 1 (one) business day from its occurrence.
Art. 5º In the event of impediment of any of the directors responsible for the administration of securities portfolios for a period longer than 30 (thirty) days, the substitute must assume the said responsibility, and the CVM must be notified, in writing, within a period of 7 (seven) business days from its occurrence. Art.5º with wording given by CVM Instruction No. 593, of November 17, 2017.
Section II – Application for Registration of Securities Portfolio Administrator
Art. 6º The request for authorization to exercise the activity of administration of portfolios of securities must be sent to the SIN and accompanied by the documents identified in the:
I – Annex 6-I, if natural person; or
II – Annex 6-II, if legal entity.
Art. 7º The SIN has 45 (forty-five) business days to analyze the request, counted from the date of protocol, provided that the request is accompanied by all documents necessary for the granting of the authorization.
§ 1º If any of the documents necessary for the granting of the authorization is not filed with the registration request, the period referred to in the caput will be counted from the date of protocol of the last document that completes the instruction of the authorization request.
§ 2º The period referred to in the caput may be interrupted only once, if the SIN requests from the applicant additional information or documents.
§ 3º The applicant has 20 (twenty) business days to comply with the requirements formulated by the SIN.
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§ 4º The period for compliance with the requirements may be extended, only once, by 10 teen) business days, upon prior and reasoned request formulated by the applicant to the SIN.
§ 5º The SIN has 30 (thirty) business days to manifest itself regarding the compliance with the requirements and of the approval of the request, counted from the date of protocol of the documents and information delivered for the compliance with the requirements.
§ 6º If the requirements have not been met, the SIN, within the period established in § 5º, will send a letter to the applicant with the indication of the requirements that were not considered met.
§ 7º Within a period of 10 (ten) business days counted from the receipt of the letter referred to in § 6º or in the remainder of the period for the end of the period referred to in § 3º, whichever is longer, the applicant may comply with the requirements that were not considered met.
§ 8º The SIN has 30 (thirty) business days to manifest itself regarding the compliance with the requirements and of the approval of the registration request, counted from the date of protocol of the documents and information delivered for the compliance with the requirements in response to the letter mentioned in § 6º.
§ 9º Non-compliance with the periods mentioned in §§ 3º, 4º and 7º implies automatic denial of the authorization request.
§ 10 The absence of manifestation of the SIN in the periods mentioned in the caput, §§ 5º and 8º implies automatic approval of the authorization request.
Art. 7º-A The CVM may celebrate a technical cooperation agreement for support to the examination of the requests for registration referred to in art. 6º with entities that, at the discretion of the Autarchy, prove to have conditions material and adequate facilities for the execution of the object, as well as previous experience and recognized technical and operational capacity in carrying out this same activity or an activity of a similar nature.
§ 1º The agreements referred to in the caput must establish rules that deal, at minimum, with:
I – the periods and procedures that must be observed by the entity participating in the agreement in the conduct of the preliminary analyses of the registration requests referred to in art. 6°; II – the possibility of the applicant of the registration request sending the information and documents provided for in art. 6º directly to the entity participating in the agreement;
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III – the minimum content of the technical report to be sent to the CVM indicating the results of the preliminary analysis carried out by the entity participating in the agreement on the compliance with the provisions of art. 6º; IV – the obligations of the entity participating in the agreement, including with respect to:
a) the criteria to be applied in the preliminary analysis of compliance with the provisions of art. 6º by the applicant; and b) the production of periodic reports on the preliminary analysis activity. V – supervision, by the CVM, of the performance of the entity and its agents in compliance with the provisions of the agreement; and VI – the consequences of non-compliance with the agreement by the entity.
§ 2º In conducting the preliminary analysis of the registration request, the entity participating in the agreement may request from the applicant of the registration request additional information or documents that are necessary for the verification of compliance with the provisions of art. 6º.
§ 3º The periods and procedures provided for in §§ 1º to 10 of art. 7° of this Instruction apply to the preliminary analysis of the registration request.
§ 4º The opinion issued by the entity participating in the agreement in the technical report on the compliance with art. 6º does not replace or bind the decision of the SIN regarding the approval or denial of the registration request. Art. 7-A included by CVM Instruction No. 597, of April 26, 2018.
CHAPTER III – SUSPENSION AND CANCELLATION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXERCISE
OF THE ACTIVITY OF ADMINISTRATOR OF SECURITIES PORTFOLIOS
Section I – Suspension of Registration
Art. 8º The portfolio administrator, natural person, may request the suspension of its registration for a period of up to 36 (thirty-six) months.
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Section II – Periodic Information
Art. 15. The securities portfolio administrator must send to the CVM, until March 31 of each year, through an electronic system available on the CVM page on the worldwide computer network, a reference form, the content of which must reflect:
I – Annex 15-I, if a natural person; or
II – Annex 15-II, if a legal person.
Sole Paragraph. The securities portfolio administrator, natural person, who acts exclusively as an agent or employee of a securities portfolio administrator organized as a legal person is exempt from sending the reference form referred to in item I.
CHAPTER V – CONDUCT RULES
Section I - General Rules
Art. 16. The securities portfolio administrator must:
I – exercise its activities with good faith, transparency, diligence and loyalty towards its clients; II – perform its duties in such a way as to:
a) seek to meet the investment objectives of its clients; and b) avoid practices that could harm the fiduciary relationship maintained with its clients; III – faithfully comply with the investment fund regulation or the contract previously signed in writing with the client, this contract containing the characteristics of the services to be provided, among which include:
a) the investment policy to be adopted; b) detailed description of the remuneration charged for services;
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I – through a service authorized by the Central Bank of Brazil or by the CVM; or II – if the asset is traded abroad, through a service authorized to operate with the lending of bonds and securities in its country. § 4º In cases of public distribution where the legal person responsible for the administration of securities portfolios, or related parties, participates in the distribution consortium, subscription of securities for the portfolio is admitted, provided that under identical conditions prevailing in the market or in which the administrator would contract with third parties. Art. 18. Members of the investment committee, or similar body, that make decisions regarding resource management, must observe the duties and prohibitions provided for in items I, II, III, VI and VIII of Art. 16 and in items I, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII of Art. 17.
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CHAPTER VI – RULES, PROCEDURES AND INTERNAL CONTROLS
Art. 19. The securities portfolio administrator, legal person, must guarantee, through adequate internal controls, permanent compliance with norms, policies and regulations in force, referring to the various modalities of investment, to the activity of securities portfolio administration itself and to ethical and professional standards. Sole Paragraph. Internal controls must be effective and consistent with the nature, complexity and risk of the operations performed. Art. 20. The securities portfolio administrator, legal person, must exercise its activities in such a way as to:
I – ensure that all professionals performing functions related to securities portfolio administration act impartially and know the code of ethics and applicable norms, as well as the policies provided for by this Instruction and the provisions regarding internal controls; and II – identify, manage and eliminate any conflicts of interest that may affect the impartiality of persons performing functions related to securities portfolio administration. Sole Paragraph. The securities portfolio administrator, legal person, must develop and implement rules, procedures and internal controls, in writing, with the objective of ensuring compliance with the provisions of the main text and its items. Art. 21. The securities portfolio administrator, legal person, must establish mechanisms for:
I – ensuring control of confidential information to which its administrators, employees and collaborators have access; II – ensuring the existence of periodic security tests for information systems, especially those maintained in electronic media; and
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Art. 22. The director responsible for the implementation and compliance of rules, policies, procedures and internal controls and of this Instruction must send to the administrative bodies of the securities portfolio administrator, until the last business day of April of each year, a report relating to the civil year immediately preceding the delivery date, containing:
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I – the procedures necessary for the identification and monitoring of exposure to market, liquidity, concentration, counterparty, operational, and credit risks that are relevant to securities portfolios; II – the techniques, instruments, and structure used to implement the procedures referred to in item I; III – the risk exposure limits for managed portfolios and investment funds that do not have, respectively, in the contract and in the fund documents, express limits; IV – organizational chart of the positions of the people involved in risk management and their respective attributes and prerogatives and, if applicable, the name of the third party hired to monitor and measure the risks inherent to each of the securities portfolios; V – how often and which people, in addition to the director responsible for the administration of securities portfolios of the resource manager, must receive a report on the risk exposure of each securities portfolio under management; and VI – the frequency with which the policy must be reviewed and evaluated, which must be, at minimum, sufficient to meet the objectives set forth in the caput.
§ 2º The director responsible for risk management must:
I – verify compliance with the written risk management policy; II – send a report on the risk exposure of each securities portfolio under management to the people indicated in the risk management policy with a frequency of at least monthly; and III – diligently supervise, if there is one, a third party hired to measure the risks inherent to each of the securities portfolios.
§ 3º The director responsible for the administration of securities portfolios of the resource manager must take the necessary measures to adjust the risk exposure of the portfolios, based on the limits provided for in the risk management policy, in the managed portfolio contracts, and in the regulations of the investment funds.
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§ 4º The fiduciary administrator must:
I – diligently supervise the risk management implemented by the hired resource manager; and II – manage, jointly with the resource manager, liquidity risk, as provided for in the management contract and regulation, which must provide for the necessary mechanisms to ensure the exchange of information between the fiduciary administrator and the manager, necessary for the implementation of liquidity risk management.
§ 5º The professionals responsible for monitoring and measuring the risks inherent to each of the securities portfolios:
I – must exercise their function with independence; II – cannot act in functions related to the administration of securities portfolios, intermediation and distribution, or securities consulting, or in any activity that limits their independence, within the institution or outside it; and III – may exercise the same functions in controlling, controlled, affiliated, or commonly controlled companies.
Section II - Segregation of Activities
Art. 24. The exercise of the administration of securities portfolios must be segregated from the other activities exercised by the legal entity, through the adoption of operational procedures, with the objective of:
I – guaranteeing the physical segregation of facilities between the area responsible for the administration of securities portfolios and the areas responsible for the intermediation and distribution of securities; II – ensuring the proper use of facilities, equipment, and information common to more than one sector of the company; III – preserving confidential information and allowing the identification of people who have access to them; and
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IV – restricting access to files and allowing the identification of people who have access to confidential information.
Sole paragraph. The physical segregation of facilities referred to in item I is not necessary between the area responsible for the administration of securities portfolios and the area responsible for the distribution of shares of investment funds of which the legal entity is the administrator or manager.
Art. 25. To comply with the provisions of Art. 24, the securities portfolio administrator must maintain written manuals, which detail the rules and procedures adopted regarding:
I – the segregation of activities, with the objective of demonstrating the total separation of areas or presenting the segregation rules adopted, with a discrimination, at minimum, of those related to the facilities, equipment, and information referred to in item II of Art. 24; and II – confidentiality, defining the rules of secrecy and conduct adopted, with a detailed description of the requirements applicable, at minimum, to its partners, administrators, collaborators, and employees.
Section III - Hiring of Third Parties
Art. 26. In the case of managed portfolios, the securities portfolio administrator may hire third parties, duly qualified and, if applicable, authorized to exercise their respective activities, for the provision of auxiliary services to the administration of securities portfolios.
§ 1º The hiring of third parties for the provision of auxiliary services must be submitted to the prior consent of the client, when:
I – the remuneration of the service provider runs at the client's expense; or II – the service provider is responsible for the management or for the custody and control activities of the assets of the securities portfolio.
§ 2º The prior consent referred to in § 1º must be given through the presentation of the following information:
I – justification for the hiring of a third party;
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II – scope of the service to be provided;
III – qualification of the hired person; and
IV – description of the remuneration and the form of payment of the contracted service.
§ 3º The rules for hiring third parties set forth in their respective specific norms apply to investment clubs and funds.
CHAPTER VII – FIDUCIARY ADMINISTRATOR
Art. 27. The activities of custody and control of assets and liabilities must be totally segregated from the activities of resource management.
Sole paragraph. If the portfolio administrator is registered only in the category “fiduciary administrator”, there is no need to designate an institution administrator director to answer exclusively for the administration of securities portfolios, as provided in § 2º of Art. 4º, and the designation may fall upon a director who has a link with other activities, prohibited from accumulating with the activity of administration of the institution's own resources.
Art. 28. The fiduciary administrator must exercise its activities in such a way as to:
I – identify and evaluate internal and external factors that may adversely affect the implementation of the investment policy; and II – ensure that its administrators, employees, and collaborators have access to relevant, reliable, timely, and understandable information for the exercise of their functions and responsibilities.
Section I – Supervision of Contractors
Art. 29. The fiduciary administrator must supervise the services provided by third parties hired on behalf of the fund or the holder of the managed portfolio, in order to verify, at minimum, that:
I – the limits and conditions established in the regulation and in the fund's bylaws or in the managed portfolio contract are complied with by the service providers; II – the service provider has adequate and sufficient human, computational, and structural resources to provide the contracted services;
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III – the resource manager adopts a consistent and verifiable risk management policy, which is effectively taken into account in the investment decision-making process; IV – the resource manager adopts a risk management policy compatible with the investment policy it intends to pursue; and V – the custodian has settlement, validation, control, reconciliation, and information monitoring systems that ensure adequate, consistent, and safe treatment for the assets held in custody.
§ 1º When hiring a related party to provide services, the fiduciary administrator must ensure that the operations observe strictly commutative conditions.
§ 2º The fiduciary administrator is not obliged to supervise the services provided by third parties hired directly by the holder of the managed portfolio.
CHAPTER VIII – DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT FUND SHARES
Art. 30. The securities portfolio administrator, a legal entity, may act in the distribution of shares of investment funds of which it is the administrator or manager, provided that:
I – it observes the following specific CVM norms:
a) norms on client registration, conduct, and payment and receipt of values applicable to the intermediation of operations carried out with securities in regulated securities markets; b) norms that provide for the duty to verify the adequacy of products, services, and operations to the client's profile; c) norms that provide for the identification, registration, record, operations, communication, limits, and administrative responsibility regarding the crimes of “money laundering” or concealment of assets, rights, and values; and d) norms that provide for the exchange of information between the distributor and the administrator of investment funds; and
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II – it indicates a director responsible for compliance with the norms referred to in item I and, in general, for the activity of distribution of investment fund shares, who may be the same person referred to in item III of Art. 4º.
§ 1º The securities portfolio administrator, when starting to act in the distribution of shares of investment funds of which it is the administrator or manager, must update fields 6.1.d, 8.7, 8.12, and 10.6 of Annex 15-II.
§ 2º If it is not an institution authorized to operate by the Central Bank of Brazil, the securities portfolio administrator cannot hire an autonomous investment agent to distribute investment fund shares.
CHAPTER IX – MAINTENANCE OF FILES
Art. 31. The securities portfolio administrator must maintain, for a minimum period of 5 (five) years, or for a longer period by express determination of the CVM, all documents and information required by this Instruction, as well as all internal and external correspondence, all working papers, reports, and opinions related to the exercise of its functions.
§ 1º The securities portfolio administrator must maintain, for 5 (five) years, a segregated file documenting the operations in which it has been a counterparty to investment funds or managed portfolios.
§ 2º The documents and information referred to in the caput and § 1º may be stored in physical or electronic media, with the substitution of original documents by their digitized images being admitted.
CHAPTER X – PENALTIES AND COMMINATORY FINES
Art. 32. It is considered a serious offense, for the purposes of the provisions of Art. 11, § 3º, of Law No. 6.385, of 1976, the exercise of activities regulated by this Instruction by an unauthorized person or authorized based on false declarations or documents, as well as the violation of the norms contained in Arts. 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 28, 30, and 31 of this Instruction.
Art. 33. In accordance with the specific norms regarding the subject, the securities portfolio administrator is subject to a daily fine, due to non-compliance with the deadlines provided for in this Instruction for the delivery of periodic information, in the amount of:
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I – R$ 500.00 (five hundred reais) for portfolio administrators registered in the category “fiduciary administrator”; II – R$ 200.00 (two hundred reais) for other legal entities; and III – R$ 100.00 (one hundred reais) for natural persons.
Art. 33. The securities portfolio administrator is subject to the daily fine provided for in the specific norm that deals with comminatory fines due to non-compliance with the deadlines provided for in this Instruction for the delivery of periodic information, without prejudice to the provisions of Art. 11 of Law No. 6.385, of 1976.
CHAPTER XI – FINAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
Art. 34. The securities portfolio administrator who is already registered with the CVM when this Instruction enters into force must adapt to the provisions of the norm until June 30, 2016.
Sole paragraph. Non-compliance with the provisions of the caput of this article entails the cancellation of the authorization to exercise the activity of administration of securities portfolios.
Art. 35. Portfolio administrators of securities portfolios who are already registered before the entry into force of this Instruction will be automatically transferred to the categories created by this Instruction, according to the classification elaborated and published by SIN.
§ 1º In the elaboration of the classification, SIN will take into account:
I – the characteristics of the current registration of the portfolio administrator; II – whether the portfolio administrator exercised, in the last 2 (two) years, the activity of administration of investment funds; and III – whether the portfolio administrator exercised, in the last 2 (two) years, the activity of managing a fund's portfolio.
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§ 2º The approval of the registration request that has already been filed on the date of entry into force of the norm will be conditioned on the manifestation of the applicant regarding the category in which it intends to obtain registration.
Art. 36. The following are repealed:
I – CVM Deliberation No. 142, of February 4, 1992; II – CVM Instruction No. 306, of May 5, 1999; III – Annex II of CVM Instruction No. 356, of December 17, 2001; IV – CVM Instruction No. 364, of May 7, 2002; and V – CVM Instruction No. 448, of February 13, 2007.
Art. 37. This Instruction enters into force on January 4, 2016.
Signed original by
LEONARDO P. GOMES PEREIRA
President
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ANNEX 6-I
Administrator Documents - Natural Person
Art. 1º The authorization request for the exercise of the activity of administration of securities portfolios, by a natural person, must be accompanied by the following documents:
I – application signed by the interested party; II – proof of approval in the certification exam; III – copy of the diploma of completion of higher education; III - copy of the diploma of completion of higher education or equivalent, in an institution officially recognized in the country or abroad;
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Art. 2º If the applicant wishes to request authorization for the exercise of the activity of administration of securities portfolios based on § 1º of Art. 3º of this Instruction, must present:
I – application signed by the interested party; II – curriculum containing professional data that evidences the applicant's experience, duly signed; III – copy of the certificate of completion of the main courses mentioned in the curriculum, if the request is made based on item II of § 1º of Art. 3º; IV – declaration from the current and previous employers informing what activities were developed by the applicant and relating the corresponding periods in which they were exercised or, if applicable, copy of the articles of association of companies of which the applicant is or has been a partner; V – registration information provided for in the Instruction that deals with the registration of participants in the securities market; and V – registration information provided for in the Instruction that deals with the registration of participants in the securities market;
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Sole paragraph. If it is not possible to obtain the declarations provided for in item IV of this article, the applicant must justify the impossibility and send a copy of the documents that prove the experience mentioned in the curriculum.
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ANNEX 6-II
Administrator Documents - Legal Person
Art. 1º The authorization request for the exercise of the activity of administration of securities portfolios, by a legal person, must be accompanied by the following documents:
I – application signed by the legal representative; II – simple copy of the constitutive acts in their current and updated version, duly registered in the competent notary office, which must contain provision for the exercise of the activity and the indication of the person responsible before the CVM; III – registration information provided for in the Instruction that deals with the registration of participants in the securities market; IV – items 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, and 12 of the reference form contained in Annex 15-II of this Instruction duly filled out and updated until the last business day of the month prior to the protocol of the authorization request at the CVM; V – items 5 and 11 of the reference form contained in Annex 15-II of this Instruction duly filled out and updated until the last business day of the month prior to the protocol of the authorization request at the CVM, if the applicant already possesses the requested data; and VI – items 6.1, 6.2, and 9.1 of the reference form contained in Annex 15-II of this Instruction duly filled out and updated until the last business day of the month prior to the protocol of the authorization request at the CVM, with the information regarding the applicant's intentions on such topics.
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ANNEX 15-I
Content of the Reference Form – Natural Person (information provided based on positions of December 31)
Declaration by the administrator, attesting:
a. that he reviewed the reference form b. that the set of information contained therein is a true, accurate, and complete portrait of his business
Scope of activities
2.1. Describe in detail the activities of administration of securities portfolios, indicating, at minimum:
a. types and characteristics of services provided (discretionary management, wealth planning, etc.) b. types and characteristics of administered products (investment funds, investment clubs, managed portfolios, etc.)
c. assets under administration
2.2. Describe the profile of clients, providing the following information:
a. number of clients (total and divided between qualified and non-qualified investors) b. number of clients, divided by:
i. natural persons
ii. legal persons (non-financial or institutional)
iii. financial institutions
iv. open entities of supplementary pension
v. closed entities of supplementary pension
vi. own social security regimes
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vii. insurance companies
viii. capitalization and leasing companies
ix. investment clubs
x. investment funds
xi. non-resident investors
xii. others (specify)
c. financial resources under administration (total and divided between qualified and non-qualified investors)
d. financial resources under administration applied in financial assets abroad e. financial resources under administration, divided between clients:
i. natural persons
ii. legal entities (non-financial or institutional)
iii. financial institutions
iv. open complementary pension entities
v. closed complementary pension entities
vi. own social security regimes
vii. insurance companies
viii. capitalization and leasing companies
ix. investment clubs
x. investment funds
xi. non-resident investors
xii. others (specify)
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2.3. Provide the value of financial resources under administration, divided between:
a. shares b. debentures and other fixed-income securities issued by non-financial legal entities
c. fixed-income securities issued by financial legal entities
d. shares of equity investment funds e. shares of equity participation funds f. shares of real estate investment funds g. shares of credit rights investment funds h. shares of fixed-income investment funds
i. shares of other investment funds
j. derivatives (market value) k. other securities
l. public bonds
m. other assets
2.4. Provide other information deemed relevant
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iii. main activity of the company where such experiences occurred
3.2. Provide other information deemed relevant
Remuneration
4.1. Regarding each service provided or product managed, as described in item 2.1, indicate the main forms of remuneration practiced.
4.2. Indicate, exclusively in percentage terms of the total revenue recorded in the 36 (thirty-six) months prior to the base date of this form, the revenue from clients during the same period, resulting from:
a. fixed-fee rates b. performance fees
c. other fees
4.3. Provide other information deemed relevant
Contingencies
5.1. Describe judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceedings, which are not under seal, in which the administrator appears in the passive party, and which are relevant to their personal assets, or which may affect their business or professional reputation, indicating:
a. main facts b. values, assets, or rights involved 1
5.2. Describe other relevant contingencies not covered by the previous item
5.3. Describe judicial, administrative, or arbitral convictions, issued in the last 5 (five) years in proceedings that are not under seal, in which the administrator appeared in the passive party, and which were relevant to their personal assets, or which affected their business or professional reputation, indicating:
a. main facts
1 No assessment by the administrator regarding the chance of loss or the value they believe is actually due in case of eventual conviction is required.
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b. values, assets, or rights involved
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c. that they are not prevented from managing their assets or disposing of them due to judicial and administrative decisions
c. impediments to manage their assets or dispose of them due to judicial and administrative decisions
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h. that, in the last 5 (five) years, they have not been accused in administrative proceedings by the CVM, the Central Bank of Brazil, the Private Insurance Superintendence – SUSEP or the National Superintendence of Complementary Pension – PREVIC h. REVOKED
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ANNEX 15-II
Content of the Reference Form – Legal Entity
(information provided based on positions as of December 31) SECURITIES PORTFOLIO ADMINISTRATORS The fields marked with "FA" are optional for the administrator registered in the fiduciary administrator category The fields marked with "FG" are optional for the administrator registered in the resource manager category
Identification of persons responsible for the content of the
form
1.1. Declarations by the directors responsible for the administration of
securities portfolios and for the implementation and compliance with rules, procedures and internal controls and this Instruction, attesting that:
a. they reviewed the reference form b. the set of information contained therein is a true, accurate and complete portrait of the structure, business, policies and practices adopted by the company
Company history 2
2.1. Brief history of the company's constitution
2.2. Describe the relevant changes the company has undergone in the last 5 (five) years, including:
a. the main corporate events, such as mergers,
2 The company must inform only data related to the area involved in the administration of securities portfolios, if it exercises other activities.
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acquisitions, mergers, spin-offs, alienations and acquisitions of corporate control b. scope of activities
c. human and computational resources
d. rules, policies, procedures and internal controls
3 The company must inform only data related to the area involved in the administration of securities portfolios, if it exercises other activities.
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Financial resilience
5.1. Based on the financial statements, attest:
a. if the revenue resulting from fixed-fee rates referred to in item 9.2.a is sufficient to cover the costs and investments of the company with the activity of securities portfolio administration FA b. if the company's equity represents more than 0.02% of the financial resources under administration referred to in item 6.3.c and more than R$ 300,000.00 (three hundred thousand reais) FA
5.2. Financial statements and report referred to in § 5 of art. 1 of this Instruction 4
FG
Scope of activities
6.1. Describe in detail the activities developed by the company, indicating, at minimum:
a. types and characteristics of services provided (discretionary management, wealth planning, controller, treasury, etc.) b. types and characteristics of products administered or managed (investment funds, equity participation funds, real estate investment funds, credit rights investment funds, index funds, investment clubs, managed portfolios, etc.)
c. types of securities subject to administration and management
d. if they act in the distribution of shares of investment funds of which they are administrator or manager
4 The presentation of these financial statements and this report is mandatory only for the administrator registered in the fiduciary administrator category according to item II of § 2 of art. 1.
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6.2. Briefly describe other activities developed by the company that are not securities portfolio administration, highlighting:
a. potential conflicts of interest existing between such activities; and b. information on activities exercised by controlling, controlled, affiliated and commonly controlled companies to the administrator and potential conflicts of interest existing between such activities.
6.3. Describe the profile of fund investors 5 and managed portfolios by the company, providing the following information:
FA a. number of investors (total and divided between funds and portfolios intended for qualified and non-qualified investors) FA b. number of investors, divided by: FA
i. natural persons FA
ii. legal entities (non-financial or institutional) FA
iii. financial institutions FA
iv. open complementary pension entities FA
v. closed complementary pension entities FA
vi. own social security regimes FA
vii. insurance companies FA
viii. capitalization and leasing companies
FA
5 If applicable, provide information only on investors of feeder funds, not the master fund.
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ix. investment clubs FA
x. investment funds FA
xi. non-resident investors FA
xii. others (specify) FA
c. financial resources under administration (total and divided between funds and portfolios intended for qualified and non-qualified investors)
d. financial resources under administration applied in financial assets abroad e. financial resources under administration of each of the 10 (ten) largest clients (it is not necessary to identify the names) FA f. financial resources under administration, divided between investors:
FA
i. natural persons FA
ii. legal entities (non-financial or institutional) FA
iii. financial institutions FA
iv. open complementary pension entities FA
v. closed complementary pension entities FA
vi. own social security regimes FA
vii. insurance companies FA
viii. capitalization and leasing companies
FA
ix. investment clubs FA
x. investment funds FA
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xi. non-resident investors FA
xii. others (specify) FA
6.4. Provide the value of financial resources under administration, divided between:
FA a. shares FA b. debentures and other fixed-income securities issued by non-financial legal entities FA
c. fixed-income securities issued by financial legal entities
FA d. shares of equity investment funds FA e. shares of equity participation funds FA f. shares of real estate investment funds FA g. shares of credit rights investment funds FA h. shares of fixed-income investment funds FA
i. shares of other investment funds FA
j. derivatives (market value) FA k. other securities FA
l. public bonds FA
m. other assets FA
6.5. Describe the profile of resource managers of the securities portfolios in which the administrator exercises fiduciary administration activities
FG
6.6. Provide other information the company deems relevant
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7.1. Describe the economic group in which the company is included, indicating:
a. direct and indirect controllers b. controlled and affiliated companies
c. the company's participation in group companies
d. group companies' participation in the company e. commonly controlled companies
7.2. If the company wishes, insert an organizational chart of the economic group in which the company is included, provided it is compatible with the information presented in item 7.1.
6 The company must inform only data related to the area involved in the administration of securities portfolios, if it exercises other activities.
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8.4. Regarding directors responsible for securities portfolio administration, provide:
a. curriculum, containing the following information:
i. courses completed;
ii. approval in professional certification exam
iii. main professional experiences during the last 5 years, indicating:
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a. curriculum, containing the following information:
i. courses completed;
ii. approval in professional certification exam
ii approval in professional certification exam (optional)
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experiences occurred
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a. number of professionals b. nature of the activities developed by its members
c. the information systems, routines and procedures involved
d. the manner in which the company guarantees the independence of the work performed by the sector
8.10. Provide information on the structure maintained for risk management, including:
FA a. number of professionals FA b. nature of the activities developed by its members FA
c. the information systems, routines and procedures involved FA
d. the manner in which the company guarantees the independence of the work performed by the sector FA
8.11. Provide information on the structure maintained for treasury activities, control and processing of assets, and quota accounting, including:
FG a. number of professionals FG b. the information systems, routines and procedures involved FG
c. the indication of a person responsible for the area and description of their experience in the activity FG
8.12. Provide information on the area responsible for the distribution of investment fund quotas, including:
a. number of professionals
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b. nature of the activities developed by its members
c. training program for professionals involved in the distribution of quotas
d. available infrastructure, containing a detailed list of equipment and services used in distribution e. the information systems, routines and procedures involved
8.13. Provide other information that the company deems relevant
9.1. With respect to each service provided or product managed, as described in item 6.1, indicate the main forms of remuneration practiced
9.2. Indicate, exclusively in percentage terms on the total revenue earned in the 36 (thirty-six) months prior to the base date of this form, the revenue from clients during the same period resulting from:
a. fixed-based fees b. performance fees FA
c. entry fees FA
d. exit fees FA e. other fees FA
9.3. Provide other information that the company deems relevant
10.1. Describe the policy for selection, hiring and supervision of service providers
FG
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10.2. Describe how transaction costs with securities are monitored and minimized
FA
10.3. Describe the rules for the treatment of soft dollar, such as receipt of gifts, courses, trips, etc.
FA
10.4. Describe the contingency plans, business continuity and disaster recovery plans adopted
10.5. Describe the policies, practices and internal controls for the management of liquidity risk of securities portfolios
FG
10.6. Describe the policies, practices and internal controls for compliance with the specific norms referred to in item I of art. 30, if it decides to act in the distribution of quotas of investment funds of which it is administrator or manager
10.7. Address of the administrator's page on the worldwide computer network where the documents required by art. 14 of this Instruction can be found
11.1. Describe the judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings, which are not under confidentiality, in which the company appears in the passive pole, which are relevant to the company's business, indicating:
a. main facts b. values, assets or rights involved
11.2. Describe the judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings, which are not under confidentiality, in which the director responsible for the administration of securities portfolios appears in the passive pole and which affect their professional reputation, indicating:
7 The company must inform only data related to the area involved in the administration of securities portfolios, if it exercises other activities.
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a. main facts b. values, assets or rights involved
11.3. Describe other relevant contingencies not covered by the previous items
11.4. Describe judicial, administrative or arbitral convictions, final and unappealable, issued in the last 5 (five) years in proceedings that are not under confidentiality, in which the company has appeared in the passive pole, indicating:
a. main facts b. values, assets or rights involved
11.5. Describe judicial, administrative or arbitral convictions, final and unappealable, issued in the last 5 (five) years in proceedings that are not under confidentiality, in which the director responsible for the administration of securities portfolios has appeared in the passive pole and has affected their business or professional reputation, indicating:
a. main facts b. values, assets or rights involved
12 Additional declarations by the director responsible for administration, informing about:
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a. that they are not disqualified or suspended from holding office in financial institutions and other entities authorized to operate by the CVM, by the Central Bank of Brazil, by the Private Insurance Superintendence – SUSEP or by the National Superintendence of Complementary Pension – PREVIC a. accusations resulting from administrative proceedings, as well as penalties suffered, in the last 5 (five) years, as a result of activity subject to the control and supervision of the CVM, Central Bank of Brazil, Private Insurance Superintendence – SUSEP or the National Superintendence of Complementary Pension – PREVIC, including that they are not disqualified or suspended from holding office in financial institutions and other entities authorized to operate by the cited bodies
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b. that they have not been convicted of bankruptcy crime, prevarication, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, money "laundering" or concealment of assets, rights and values, against the popular economy, the economic order, consumer relations, public faith or public property, the national financial system, or a criminal penalty that prohibits, even temporarily, access to public offices, by a final and unappealable decision, except for the case of rehabilitation b. convictions for bankruptcy crime, prevarication, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, money "laundering" or concealment of assets, rights and values, against the popular economy, the economic order, consumer relations, public faith or public property, the national financial system, or a criminal penalty that prohibits, even temporarily, access to public offices, by a final and unappealable decision, except for the case of rehabilitation
c. that they are not prevented from administering their assets or disposing of them due to judicial and administrative decision
c. impediments to administer their assets or dispose of them due to judicial and administrative decision
d. that they are not included in the credit protection services registry d. inclusion in credit protection services registry
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e. that they are not included in the list of defaulting clients of an organized market administrator e. inclusion in the list of defaulting clients of an organized market administrator
f. that they do not have titles protested against them f. titles protested against them
g. that, in the last 5 (five) years, they have not suffered penalties as a result of activity subject to the control and supervision of the CVM, the Central Bank of Brazil, the Private Insurance Superintendence – SUSEP or the National Superintendence of Complementary Pension – PREVIC g. REVOKED
h. that, in the last 5 (five) years, they have not been accused in administrative proceedings by the CVM, the Central Bank of Brazil, the Private Insurance Superintendence – SUSEP or the National Superintendence of Complementary Pension – PREVIC h. REVOKED
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