How do I check if an investment fund is registered with CVM?
Search by the fund's CNPJ, which appears on its factsheet or your brokerage statement, directly in CVM's public registry. If the CNPJ never shows up, the fund never held a valid registration to raise money from investors in Brazil under that number.
Does a fund's past performance guarantee future returns?
No, and every piece of fund material in Brazil is required by CVM rule to carry that warning. The history shows how the fund behaved across different market conditions, not what comes next; interest rate, credit and liquidity conditions change from one window to the next.
What is the difference between a fund's administrator and its manager?
The administrator answers legally to CVM for the fund, handling registration, custody and regulatory obligations; the manager makes the investment decisions, picking assets and building the strategy. Self-administered funds keep both roles inside one institution; others split them across separate companies.
What does it mean for a fund to be "em liquidação" at CVM?
It is the stage where a fund has already decided to wind down and is selling assets to return money to shareholders, before its registration is cancelled for good. It differs from "em situação especial", the category CVM uses for funds with some pending issue to resolve before returning to normal status or moving into liquidation.