Full text of MERRILL LYNCH PROFESSIONAL CLEARING CORP.'s X-17A-5 filed 2022-02-28 (period 2021-12-31). Broker-dealer annual report from SEC EDGAR — readable, searchable, and available as markdown for AI agents.
{0}------------------------------------------------ # MERRILL LYNCH PROFESSIONAL CLEARING CORP. (S.E.C. I.D. No. 8-33359) # BALANCE SHEET December 31, 2021 \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Filed Pursuant to Rule 17a-5(e)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 {1}------------------------------------------------ ### Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. Table of Contents December 31, 2021 \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Balance Sheet | | |------------------------|------| | Notes to Balance Sheet | 2-16 | {2}------------------------------------------------  ### Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp.: #### Opinion on the Financial Statement – Balance Sheet We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (the "Company") as of December 31, 2021, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statement"). In our opinion, the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. #### Basis for Opinion The financial statement is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's 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. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audit of this financial statement 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…Read the full text as markdown