About Us
- Premier alternatives manager in global markets with special emphasis in emerging markets and over 60 years of combined experience: Proven expertise in various market cycles and highly volatile periods of political and macroeconomic instability, in a variety of Developed and Emerging Market asset classes and regions.
- Our approach is highly strategic and pursues investment opportunities that arise: 1) in the marketplace due to niche exploitable market inefficiencies, and 2) in response to political and/or economic events.
- Asymmetric risk/reward: Is the driver of our investment philosophy, we strive to construct asymmetry and optionality in our trades, seeking upside potential while managing downside risk. We seek to exploit inefficiencies and volatility in global emerging markets, that arise from political and/or economic events.
- Transparency: Our philosophy recognizes our investors’ needs and reporting requirements. Our portfolio exposures, attributions and positioning are disclosed to our investors upon request.
- Infrastructure: WAM is a Registered Investment Adviser in the State of Florida (the fact that Waypoint is registered does not imply a certain level of skill or training).
- Complementing WAM’s investment team is a solid institutional business organization, with infrastructure responsible for risk management, compliance, financial reporting, operations and client servicing, WAM has the knowledge and expertise to both properly manage sophisticated investor relationships and manage future growth.
- To provide a series of independent checks and balances we have also partnered with well-known service providers to perform independent administration, prime brokerage, auditing, and legal services.
Team
J. JOSE PEDREIRA
Mr. Pedreira, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Member, is the portfolio manager and decision maker for the Waypoint advised funds. Mr. Pedreira has over 30 years of experience in emerging markets, including 25 years as a portfolio manager and 15 years directly involved in trading and risk management. Prior to founding Waypoint Asset Management, Mr. Pedreira was a partner and co-founder of Forum Asset Management and Forum Capital Management, LLC. Previously he was a partner at Columbus Group, where he was the portfolio manager to the Columbus Venezuela Fund and for the Columbus Emerging Opportunities Fund. Mr. Pedreira spent eight years with Merrill Lynch where he was a managing director and the head of emerging markets trading in New York. Mr. Pedreira started his professional career in Citibank where he worked in different areas of the bank in different locations worldwide.
Contact Mr. Pedreira
Tel: (203) 658-7007
AMERICO DA CORTE
Mr. Da Corte is the firm’s Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Risk Officer and has over 35 years of experience in trading, risk management, and business development in emerging markets. Prior to joining WAM Mr. Da Corte was a partner and co-founder of Forum Asset Management where he was responsible for risk management, compliance, and operations. Prior to Forum, Mr. Da Corte was a Managing Director for the Darby Overseas Fixed Income Fund (Emerging Markets Credit) in Washington D.C. From 1990 to 1999, he held various positions at ING Barings where he initially joined as a senior trader in the Emerging Markets Fixed Income group and later took on the position of Head of Emerging Markets Global Trading. Additionally, he was responsible for the Proprietary Trading Group that invested in non-emerging markets distressed assets and was a member of the ING Barings Financial Markets Committee.
Contact Mr. Da Corte
Tel. (203) 658-7002