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- ↑ (in Portuguese) Banif e Fomentinvest lançam primeira corretora de carbono em Portugal, ionline (January 17, 2010)
- ↑ Fomentinvest, Bloomberg Businessweek
- ↑ (in Portuguese) Passos renuncia à Fomentinvest Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine , Expresso (April 7, 2010)