Juan Jose Pedreira

Waypoint Asset Management LLC provides investment advisory services. It offers risk management, compliance, financial reporting, operations and client services. The firm also provides independent administration, prime brokerage, auditing and legal services. The company was founded by Juan Jose Pedreira and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Founded in 2001, Forum Asset Management, formerly LW Asset Management LLC, is a hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.