Nelson Assad

Mercatto is an active manager which performs macroeconomic analysis, sector analysis, business analysis and market analysis to make investments. Their Investment Committee analyzes exchange rates, interest rates, stock market, and policy scenarios, determines investment strategies and allocates resources. Through their Gestão Fundamentalista Ações fund, the firm performs fundamental analysis to identify companies with high value potential, focusing on those with high corporate governance, a strong balance sheet and significant dividends. Their Mercatto Estratégia Ações fund aims to provide medium and long-term returns, favoring the most liquid stocks. Mercatto's Diferencial Multimercado, Diferencial 30 Multimercado and Diferencial Institucional Multimercado funds aim to provide long-term returns by investing in various markets through transactions with federal government securities, shares and derivative instruments. Investment decisions are based on scenarios built from macro-and microeconomic analysis. The firm's Rendimento DI portfolio invests in sovereign bonds and forward operations on the Bovespa stock exchange, seeking to obtain returns above the CDI. Their Top Renda Fixa fund seeks to obtain superior returns to the CDI through a portfolio consisting of CDs, CCBs, CPRFs, debentures, CRIs and FIDCs. Mercatto performs VaR and stress testing to manage risk.