Manuel H. Ayala

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Founded in 2003, Gar Wood Securities LLC is a full-service, institutional broker/dealer headquartered in Chicago with branch offices in New York City, Atlanta, Dallas, Mobile, Milwaukee and Vancouver, Washington. The firm has expertise in prime brokerage, trading and investment banking. Gar Wood Securities trades solely on an agency basis and provides clients with direct market access to all major global markets and ECNs covering equities, options and futures. The firm provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research