Rule · CVM · 5 May 1999
Natural or legal persons domiciled in Brazil must obtain CVM authorization to administer securities portfolios. Natural persons require a recognized degree and three to five years’ experience, submitting CVs, diplomas, and declarations regarding ineligibility or insolvency. Legal persons must maintain a specialized technical department and assign responsibility to a CVM-authorized director or partner, who cannot hold other capital market roles. Administrators must report portfolio data by May 31 annually based on March 31 positions, notify changes within fifteen days, and disclose past performance warnings.
FULL TEXT OF CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999, WITH THE CHANGES INTRODUCED BY CVM INSTRUCTIONS NO. 364/02, 448/07, 450/07, 510/11 AND 545/14.
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999.
Provides for the administration of securities portfolios and revokes CVM Instructions No. 82, of September 19, 1988; No. 94, of January 4, 1989; and No. 231, of January 16, 1995.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION - CVM makes public that the Board, in a meeting held on this date, in view of the provisions of Arts. 8, items I and III, and 23 of Law No. 6,385, of December 7, 1976, HAS DECIDED to issue the following Instruction:
ON SCOPE AND PURPOSE
Art. 1 The administration of securities portfolios is governed by the norms contained in this Instruction.
ON DEFINITION
Art. 2 The administration of securities portfolios consists in the professional management of resources or securities, subject to the supervision of the Securities and Exchange Commission, entrusted to the administrator, with authorization for this person to purchase or sell securities on behalf of the investor.
ON AUTHORIZATION
Art. 3 The professional administration of securities portfolios may only be exercised by a natural or legal person authorized by the CVM.
Sole Paragraph. The authorization to exercise the activity of securities portfolio administration does not imply any assessment of the merits of the natural or legal person administrator, nor responsibility on the part of the CVM. Sole Paragraph. The CVM is not responsible for the procedures and orientations of securities portfolio administrators. (NR)
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
ON THE NATURAL PERSON ADMINISTRATOR
Art. 4 The authorization to exercise the activity of securities portfolio administration is only granted to a natural person domiciled in the country who has:
I – higher education degree, from an institution officially recognized, in the country or abroad; II - professional experience of at least three years in the financial area and/or in the securities market in the area of administration of third-party resources or professional experience of at least five years, directly related to the activities exercised in the securities market; and II - professional experience of:
a) at least three years in specific activity directly related to the management of third-party resources in the financial market; or b) at least five years in the capital market, in an activity that demonstrates their aptitude for the management of third-party resources; and
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
§3 Acting as an investor in the securities market or the administration of third-party resources in an unpaid manner is not considered professional experience, for the purposes of meeting the requirement provided for in item II of this article.
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999 d) whether they are bankrupt, in judicial reorganization or insolvent, or were an administrator or member of the fiscal council in the last five years of a legal entity that requested bankruptcy or whose bankruptcy was decreed in this period; and e) whether they were, in the last five years, an administrator or member of the fiscal council of an entity subject to the control and supervision of the CVM, the Central Bank of Brazil, the Secretariat of Complementary Pension or the Superintendence of Private Insurance, which had, in this period, its authorization revoked or was subject to the regime of bankruptcy, judicial reorganization, intervention, extrajudicial liquidation or submitted to a regime of temporary special administration. III – registration form duly filled out, contained in Annex III to this Instruction; (NR)
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999 d) whether they have bills protested against them; e) whether, in the last five years, they suffered any punishment due to their performance as administrator or member of the fiscal council of an entity subject to the control and supervision of the CVM, the Central Bank of Brazil, the Secretariat of Complementary Pension or the Superintendence of Private Insurance; and f) whether their assets, by virtue of a judicial decision or administrative authority, are unavailable.
ON THE LEGAL PERSON ADMINISTRATOR
Art. 7 The authorization to exercise the activity of securities portfolio administration is only granted to a legal person domiciled in the country that:
I - has as its corporate object the exercise of securities portfolio administration and is regularly constituted and registered with the CNPJ;
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
II - assigns responsibility for the administration of securities portfolios to a director or managing partner authorized to exercise the activity by the CVM; and II – assigns responsibility for the administration of securities portfolios to a director, delegated manager or managing partner authorized to exercise the activity by the CVM; and
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999 be exercised in an independent and exclusive manner, especially with regard to investment decision-making.
§6 The director, delegated manager or managing partner directly responsible for the administration of third-party securities portfolios can only be responsible for the same activity in affiliated companies, as defined by law.
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
III - information about the analysis department, including quantity and nature of the activities of the professionals belonging to the department and, if applicable, contract with a person authorized by the CVM to provide services of this nature; III - copy of the proof of registration in the National Register of Legal Entities;
ON THE TERM OF GRANT OF AUTHORIZATION
Art. 9 The authorization to exercise the activity of securities portfolio administration is granted through a Declaratory Act, to be issued within thirty days, counting from the date of receipt of the application at the CVM, duly accompanied by the respective documentation.
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
§1 If the period provided for in this article elapses without any manifestation by the CVM to the contrary, the application for authorization is presumed approved, and the interested party may request the issuance of the respective Declaratory Act. §2 The thirty-day period may be interrupted only once, if the CVM requests additional information from the interested party, with a new thirty-day period starting to run from the date of compliance with the requirements. §3 To meet the requirements, a period not exceeding sixty days is granted, counting from the receipt of the respective correspondence, under penalty of denial of the application. §4 The CVM may, through a reasoned letter, return the authorization application and the documents that accompanied it without formulating requirements, if it verifies that they present insurmountable irregularity or illegality, or that the request is not accompanied by the necessary documents.
ON DENIAL OF AUTHORIZATION AND APPEAL
Art. 10 The denial of the application for authorization to exercise the activity of securities portfolio administration must be communicated in writing to the interested party, with all documents that accompanied it available to them, for a period of ninety days, counting from the date of receipt of the notice that the application was denied, after which they may be destroyed by the CVM. Sole Paragraph. From the decision of the Superintendent that denies the application, an appeal may be filed to the CVM Board, in accordance with the current regulations.
ON CANCELLATION OF AUTHORIZATION
Art. 11. The authorization to exercise the activity of securities portfolio administration, by natural or legal person, may be cancelled, regardless of administrative inquiry:
I - if the falsity of the documents or declaration presented by the administrator to obtain accreditation is found; or II - if, due to a supervening fact duly proven, it becomes evident that the person authorized by the CVM no longer meets any of the requirements and conditions, established in this Instruction, for the grant of authorization.
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
II - if, due to a supervening fact duly proven, it becomes evident that the person authorized by the CVM no longer meets any of the requirements and conditions, established in this Instruction, for the grant of authorization; or
ON CANCELLATION AT REQUEST
Art. 11-A. The request for cancellation of the authorization to exercise the activity of securities portfolio administration must be accompanied by a declaration that, on the date of the request, the applicant no longer exercises the activity of securities portfolio administration. §1 The cancellation request will be approved by a Declaratory Act, to be issued within thirty days, counting from the protocol at the CVM, whose effects will retroact to the date of the request, presumed approved if, after such period, there is no manifestation by the CVM. §2 The approval of the cancellation does not prevent the CVM from instituting or proceeding with a procedure to investigate the responsibility of the applicant for acts occurring up to that date.
ON INFORMATION
Art. 12. The securities portfolio administrator, natural or legal person, must send to the CVM, by May 31 of each year, information regarding the portfolios they administer, as established in Annexes I and II of this Instruction, in addition to updated registration information, in accordance with the provisions of Annexes III or IV, as applicable. Art. 12 The securities portfolio administrator, natural or legal person, must send to the CVM, by May 31 of each year, information regarding the portfolios they administer, based on positions as of March 31 of the same year, as established in Annexes I and II of this
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
Instruction, in addition to updated registration information, in accordance with the provisions of Annexes III or IV, as the case may be.
Sole Paragraph. Any registration change relating to the securities portfolio administrator must be communicated to the CVM within fifteen days, counted from its occurrence, without prejudice to the provisions of the caput of this article.
Art. 12 The securities portfolio administrator, whether natural or legal person, must send to the CVM, by May 31 of each year, information relating to the portfolios it administers, based on positions as of March 31 of the same year, as established in Annexes I and II of this Instruction.
Art. 13. Whenever it publicly discloses data based on the historical performance of administered portfolios or securities and capital market indices, the administrator must add, prominently, the following message: "THE ADMINISTRATOR WARNS THAT RESULTS OBTAINED IN THE PAST DO NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE RESULTS".
Art. 13. Whenever it publicly discloses data based on the historical performance of administered portfolios or securities and capital market indices, the securities portfolio administrator must add, prominently, the following message: "THE ADMINISTRATOR WARNS THAT RESULTS OBTAINED IN THE PAST DO NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE RESULTS".
Sole Paragraph. The performance disclosure material must include information on all portfolios that the administrator has under its management and not only on some of them, encompassing, at minimum, the last six months.
ON CONDUCT RULES
Art. 14. The natural or legal person responsible for the administration of the securities portfolio must observe the following conduct rules:
I - perform its duties in a manner that meets the investment objectives of the holder(s) of the portfolio;
II - employ, in the exercise of its activity, the care and diligence that every active and upright person usually dispenses to the administration of their own business, being liable for any infractions or irregularities that may be committed under its management;
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
II - employ, in the exercise of its activity, the care and diligence that every active and upright person usually dispenses to the administration of their own business, acting with loyalty towards the interests of its clients, avoiding practices that may harm the fiduciary relationship maintained with them, and being liable for any infractions or irregularities that may be committed under its management;
III - faithfully comply with the contract signed with the client, previously and mandatorily in writing, which must contain the basic characteristics of the services to be provided, among which are included:
a) the investment policy to be adopted, which must be in accordance with the investor's profile, their financial situation, and their objectives;
b) the remuneration charged for the services;
c) information on other activities that the administrator itself carries out in the market and the potential conflicts of interest existing between such activities and the administration of the securities portfolio;
d) the risks inherent to the various types of securities transactions in stock, over-the-counter, future settlement markets, and stock lending operations that it intends to carry out with the investor's resources, explicitly stating that investment in derivatives may result in losses greater than the investment made;
e) the authorization, if applicable, for the administrator to assume the counterparty of the operations, as provided in art. 16, in which case, for a corporate client, the name of the natural person with powers to grant such authorization must be indicated in writing to the administrator; and
f) the content and frequency of the information to be provided by the administrator to the client.
IV - avoid practices that may harm the fiduciary relationship maintained with its clients;
V - keep updated, in perfect order and available to the client, all documentation relating to securities transactions included in the portfolios under its management;
VI - keep in custody, in an entity duly authorized for such service, the securities included in the portfolios under its management, taking all useful or necessary measures for the defense of the interests of its clients;
VII – transfer to the portfolio any benefit or advantage that it may achieve as a result of its condition as portfolio administrator; and
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
VIII - provide the information requested by the portfolio holder, pertinent to the securities included in the administered portfolio.
Sole Paragraph. The administrator must guarantee, through adequate internal control mechanisms, the permanent compliance with the norms and regulations in force, relating to the various alternatives and modalities of investment, to the portfolio administration activity itself, and to ethical and professional conduct standards.
ON THE SEGREGATION OF ACTIVITIES
Art. 15. In the administration of securities portfolios, the complete segregation of other activities carried out by the legal person must be ensured, and operational procedures must be adopted, among others, aiming at:
I - the physical segregation of facilities between areas responsible for different activities related to the capital market, or the clear and precise definition of practices that ensure the proper use of facilities, equipment, and files common to more than one sector of the company;
II - the preservation of confidential information by all its administrators, collaborators, and employees, prohibiting the transfer of such information to persons not qualified or who may come to use them improperly, in an investment decision process, own or of third parties;
III - the implementation and maintenance of a training program for administrators, collaborators, and employees who have access to confidential information and/or participate in the investment decision process;
IV - restricted access to files, as well as the adoption of controls that restrict and allow identifying the persons who have access to confidential information; and
V - the establishment of policies related to the purchase and sale of securities by employees, directors, and administrators of the entity.
Sole Paragraph. If the segregation referred to in this article is promoted through the hiring of a securities portfolio administrator, duly accredited with the CVM, to manage all securities portfolios administered by the institution, there is no need to designate a director, delegated manager, or managing partner of the administering institution to respond exclusively for the management and supervision of the aforementioned resources, and such designation may fall upon a director, delegated manager, or managing partner who has a link with other activities as long as they are not those of administering the resources of the institution itself, and the same must also be duly accredited with the CVM as a securities portfolio administrator. (NR)
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
ON PROHIBITIONS
Art. 16. It is prohibited for the portfolio administrator:
I - act as counterparty, directly or indirectly, in transactions with portfolios it administers, except in the following cases:
a) when it concerns the administration of individual portfolios and there is prior and written authorization from the respective holder; or
b) when, although formally contracted as a portfolio administrator, it does not demonstrably hold discretionary power over it and does not have prior knowledge of the transaction.
II - carry out any type of relevant modification in the basic characteristics of the services it provides, except when there is prior and written authorization from the portfolio holder;
III - make advertising guaranteeing levels of profitability, based on the historical performance of the portfolio, or of securities and capital market indices;
IV - make any quantified promises regarding future returns of the portfolio;
V - grant loans or advances, or open credits in any modality, using, for this purpose, the resources it administers, except in the case of granting third parties stock loans for the realization of transactions in markets authorized to function by the CVM, provided there is prior and written authorization from the portfolio holder;
VI - promote transactions with the securities of the portfolios it administers, with the purpose of generating brokerage revenues for itself or for third parties;
VII - neglect, under any circumstances, the defense of the rights and interests of the portfolio holder, or omit itself in relation to the same; and
VIII - promote transactions whose objective consists of circumventing fiscal legislation and/or other legal and regulatory norms, even if such transactions increase the appreciation of the administered portfolio.
Sole Paragraph. In cases of public distribution in which the legal person responsible for the administration of the securities portfolio participates in the distribution consortium, the subscription of securities for the administered portfolio will be admitted, provided that under identical conditions to those that prevailed in the market or in which the administrator would contract with third parties, and the fact must be reported immediately to the CVM.
ON THE LIABILITY OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
Art. 17. The natural or legal person, in the exercise of the activity of securities portfolio administration, is directly responsible, civilly and administratively, for damages resulting from its intentional or negligent acts and for those that infringe legal, regulatory, or statutory norms, without prejudice to eventual criminal liability and the subsidiary liability of the private law legal person that hired or supervised it inadequately.
Sole Paragraph. The members of an investment committee, or similar body, that make decisions relating to the application of third-party resources, have the same duties as the portfolio administrator.
ON PENALTIES AND PENALTY PAYMENTS
Art. 18. It is considered a serious offense, for the purposes of the provisions of art. 11, § 3 of Law No. 6.385/76, the exercise of the activity of securities portfolio administration by a natural or legal person not authorized, in accordance with this Instruction, or authorized based on false declarations or documents, as well as the infringement of the norms contained in arts. 14, items I, II, V, VII, and VIII, and 16, items VI to VIII of this Instruction.
Art. 19. The non-compliance with the provisions of arts. 7, §1; 14, items III, IV, VI, and VII, and 15, items I to V of this Instruction, by the securities portfolio administrator, is subject to the summary procedure of the administrative process, in accordance with the regulation of the National Monetary Council.
Art. 20. The portfolio administrator that does not send to the CVM the information provided for in this Instruction or that does not keep its registration updated, in accordance with art. 12 of this Instruction, is subject to a daily penalty payment of R$ 100.00 (one hundred reais), incident from the day following the end of the period established for the fulfillment of the obligation, without prejudice to the responsibility provided for in arts. 9, V, and 11 of Law No. 6.385/76.
ON FINAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
Art. 21. The portfolio administrator that already administers securities portfolios must, within ninety days, adapt to the provisions of this Instruction.
Sole Paragraph. Non-compliance with the provisions of the caput of this article entails the cancellation of the authorization to exercise the activity of securities portfolio administration.
Art. 21-A. The provisions of arts. 14 to 16 of this Instruction apply to the activities of administration and management of investment funds registered with the CVM.
§ 1º Unless otherwise specifically provided, the prohibition set forth in item I of art. 16 of this Instruction does not apply to administrators and managers of investment funds, and the possibility of the administrator or manager acting as counterparty to the fund must be stated in the fund's regulations, if applicable.
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
§ 2º The administrator and the manager must keep, for 5 (five) years, a segregated record documenting the transactions in which they are counterparty to the fund.
Art. 22. CVM Instructions Nos. 82, of September 19, 1988, 94, of January 4, 1989, and 231, of January 16, 1995, are hereby revoked.
Art. 23. This Instruction enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Union.
Original signed by
FRANCISCO DA COSTA E SILVA
President
ANNEX I TO CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
ADMINISTERED PORTFOLIOS - SUMMARY
YEAR OF
INVESTOR TYPE NUMBER OF PORTFOLIOS VALUE OF PORTFOLIOS * R$ (thousands)
Natural Person
Legal Person - non-financial or institutional
Financial Institution Portfolios
Pension Funds
Insurance Companies
Variable Income Funds
Financial Investment Funds and Others
Other Institutional Investors (specify)
TOTAL
*Value calculated according to the same criteria used to determine the portfolio value of mutual equity investment funds.
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
ANNEX II TO CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
ADMINISTERED PORTFOLIOS - ASSETS
YEAR OF
ASSET TYPE PORTFOLIO VALUE *
R$ (thousands)
Shares
Debentures
Other securities
Variable Income Fund Shares
Financial Investment Fund Shares
Shares of other funds
Options
Margins - Guarantees
Other assets
TOTAL
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
ANNEX III TO CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 19991
NATURAL PERSON
Registration Form for
Provider of Securities Portfolio Administration Services:
1 Annex III with wording determined by CVM Instruction No. 364, of May 7, 2002.
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
ANNEX III TO CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 19992
NATURAL PERSON
Registration Form for
Provider of Securities Portfolio Administration Services:
2 Annex III with wording given by CVM Instruction No. 448, of February 13, 2007.
CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 1999
ANNEX IV TO CVM INSTRUCTION NO. 306, OF MAY 5, 19993
LEGAL PERSON
Registration Form for
Provider of Securities Portfolio Administration Services
3 Annex IV with wording determined by CVM Instruction No. 364, of May 7, 2002.
Note from RegAlert. AI assistants can read this document in full, and search 70,000+ more, through the RegAlert MCP connector (https://mcp.regalert.today/mcp). Free with an account. How to connect ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor.
Amended 5 times · last 2014-01-29
This document supersedes: CVM Instruction No. 231 of January 16, 1995
Against CVM Instruction No. 231 of January 16, 1995 (1995-01-16)
112 new obligations · 2 changes of scope · 3 not carried over
2 obligations are the same in both texts.
The first 60 of 112 are shown.
“Not carried over” means the sentence has no counterpart in this text; the rule can still be in force in another text.
More like this from CVM
CVM published 2 documents in the last 30 days. We email you each new one the day it's published.
Source: Comissão de Valores Mobiliários — original document · Summary generated with machine assistance and reviewed before publication; the authoritative text is the regulator's original document. How RegAlert works
In RegAlert: added