The Association of Capital Market Investors – Amec – has released the draft version of Amec Stewardship Code for public consultation. The ultimate objective of the code is to help institutional investors fulfill their fiduciary duties before clients through the exercise of their political rights. Suggestions and comments should be sent, in writing, to Amec headquarters, preferably through the electronic address presidente@amecbrasil.org.br or to Rua Joaquim Floriano, 1.120, cj. 101, São Paulo – SP, CEP 04534-004, by July 15^th, 2016.

Amec’s Board of Directors has approved the membership of the Artisan Partners. Artisan is a global investment management firm based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, responsible for assets under management in excess of $100 billion USD. The team in charge of the emerging markets portfolio that invests in Brazil is based in New York.

Artisan becomes the 9^th foreign member of Amec, reflecting the efforts conducted by the association towards defending the interests of investors who believe in Brazil.

On June 2^nd, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Fernando Coelho Filho, received representatives of the capital market to listen to suggestions on how to drive investments to the energy and mining areas. The Association of Capital Market Investors (Amec) gathers 57 domestic and foreign investors responsible for investing approximately BRL 400 billion in the several segments of the Brazilian economy.

Information plays a crucial role in the decisions we take in all spheres of our lives, including investment-related ones. In the capital markets, some people have access to relevant information before investors and the public at large. The misuse of such privileged information is illegal and negatively affects the confidence of other agents on the market’s equity and integrity.