Edward Marshall Glass

Glass Wealth Management Co. LLC (GWM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. Originally founded by Edward M. Glass in 1988 as Glass Management Co., Inc., the firm changed their name to Glass Wealth Management Co., Inc. in 2014 and later reorganized into a Texas limited liability company in 2021. GWM provides investment services primarily for high-net-worth individuals, families, and related accounts.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.