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Máxima Asset Management Ltda. (Máxima Asset) is the asset management subsidiary of Banco Máxima in Brazil. The firm was created in 1999 and specializes in assisting and advising institutional investors. They are pioneers of Fundos Setoriais (Sectorial Funds) and are geared to small-cap companies with a low free float in the Brazilian market. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Máxima Asset has sought to create higher value for minority shareholders through the establishment of the Minority Investor Associations, which later resulted in the creation of ANIMEC and AMEC (Brazilian Association of Capital Market Investors).