Full text of SEI INVESTMENTS DISTRIBUTION CO.'s X-17A-5 filed 2021-02-24 (period 2020-12-31). Broker-dealer annual report from SEC EDGAR — readable, searchable, and available as markdown for AI agents.
{0}------------------------------------------------ # SEI Investments Distribution Co. Statement of Financial Condition December 31 , 2020 {1}------------------------------------------------  KPMG LLP 1601 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-2499 # **Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm** To the Shareholder and the Board of Directors SEI Investments Distribution Co.: # Opinion on the Financial Statement We have aud ited the accompanying statement of financial condition of SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the Company) as of December 31 , 2020, and the re lated notes (collectively , the fina ncial statement). In our opinion , the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles . # Basis for Opinion This fin ancial statement is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on th is financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S federa l securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to error or fraud , and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining , on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the fin ancial statement. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. We have served as the Company's auditor since 2014 . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania February 22, 2021 > **KPf.,,G** LLP ·.::;;, De!a""'-ar~ ltfr,,:ea 1ab hty llar!r':'r!,,hrp ano tt':e v S ,:,err,tii;:::1 t,1•ri of tr':' K.P!v1G 11etW0r~. vl 1rdeper'.ier…Read the full text as markdown