1951 ; new york ny headquarters new york ny usa key people j. charles cardona jr. president richard hoey chief economist 1 products mutual funds separate accounts annuities individual retirement accounts and brokerage services parent bny mellon website www.dreyfus.com dreyfus established in 1951 and headquartered in new york city is an american investment manager of investment products and strategies . the company merged with mellon financial in 1994 and then became a subsidiary of bank of new york mellon when mellon financial and the bank of new york merged in 2007 . as a bny mellon company dreyfus provides access to its global network of asset managers delivering investment insight and products equity fixed income global international and money market mutual funds separately managed accounts retirement and cash management strategies asset allocation solutions and brokerage services . dreyfus products are delivered through a variety of distribution channels intermediary advisor sold institutional and retail direct . history edit the firm s origin dates back to 1947 when investor jack dreyfus founded a brokerage house in new york city named dreyfus & co. 2 3 in 1951 attracted by the concept of mutual funds dreyfus & co. purchased a small management company named john g. nesbett & co. inc. with a small common stock fund called the nesbett fund incorporated . nesbett & co. was renamed the dreyfus corporation and the nesbett fund became the dreyfus fund incorporated . 2 3 going public in 1965 dreyfus was among the first money management firms to tap into the stock market for additional capital . 2 3 in 1976 dreyfus was among the first fund companies to introduce an incorporated tax exempt municipal bond fund . 2 3 in 1994 dreyfus completed its landmark merger with mellon bank corporation and became a wholly owned subsidiary of mellon financial corporation . the merger a milestone in the history of financial services in the united states was at the time the largest ever combination of a bank and mutual fund company . 4 2 3 on july 1 2007 the bank of new york company inc. and mellon financial corporation merged to form a new company the bank of new york mellon one of the world s largest global asset management and serving company . the reach of dreyfus distribution capabilities now extends to the resources of bny mellon and its exclusive network of institutional asset managers . 2 3 references edit hoey biography . dreyfus . retrieved 2010 07 26 . a b c d e f https public.dreyfus.com about dreyfus history.html a b c d e f company profile . fundinguniverse . retrieved 2010 07 26 . http www.nytimes.com 2006 12 05 business 05bank.html pagewanted all external links edit official website bny mellon bny mellon investment management retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dreyfus corporation & oldid 713214441 categories mutual fund families navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 april 2016 at 17 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view