# CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES, LLC X-17A-5 (2022-02-25) — Broker-dealer annual report - Company: CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES, LLC - Form: X-17A-5 - Filed: 2022-02-25 - Period: 2021-12-31 - Accession: 0000949913-22-000001 - CIK: 949913 - File #: 8-48552 - Type: Broker-dealer - Material weakness: No - Auditor: RAPHAEL GOLDBERG NIKPOUR COHEN & SULLIVAN PLLC - Auditor location: WOODBURY, NY - Contact: Gennaro J. Fulvio - Phone: 2124903113 - Signed by: HENRY NEVSTAD (CFO) Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949913/000094991322000001/cambrpub_.pdf --- {0}------------------------------------------------ # CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES, LLC ### STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION DECEMBER 31, 2021 PUBLIC {1}------------------------------------------------ **UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549** nMB APPROVAL 0MB Number: 3235-0123 Expires: Oct. 31, 2023 Estimated average burden # **ANNUAL REPORTS FORM X-17A-5 PART Ill** | hours per response: 12 | | |------------------------|--| | SEC FILE NUMBER | | | 8-48552 | | **FACING PAGE** **Information Required Pursuant to Rules 17a-5, 17a-12, and lSa-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934** FILING FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING 01/01/2021 MM/DD/VY AND ENDING \_ \_\_\_.\_.12...,/.M.3...1.11 *[~2.Jot0...,2...1..1* \_\_ \_ MM/DD/VY **A. REGISTRANT IDENTIFICATION** NAME OF FIRM: CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES, LLC TYPE OF REGISTRANT (check all applicable boxes): 12!1 Broker-dealer · □ Security-based swap dealer D Check here if respondent is also an OTC derivatives dealer □ Major security-based swap participant ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: (Do not use a P.O. box no.) | 90 POST ROAD EAST, 2nd FLOOR | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | (No. and Street) | | | WESTPORT | CT | 06880 | | (City) | (State) | (Zip Code) | | PERSON TO CONTACT WITH REGARD TO THIS FILING | | | | GENNARO J. FULVIO | (212) 490-3113 | JFULVIO@FULVIOLLP .COM | | (Name) | (Email Address) | | | | B. ACCOUNTANT IDENTIFICATION | | | INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT whose reports are contained in this filing* | (Name - if individual, state last, first, and middle name) | RAPHAEL GOLDBERG NIKPOUR COHEN & SULLIVAN - CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS PLLC | | 9? EBQEHI !CH FARM BQI II EVARQ | WQQQBIIBY | 11797
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ay 31, 2024 | Signature: | | | | ### This filing\*\* contains (check all applicable **boxes):** - [ii (a) Statement of financial condition. - [!I (b) Notes to consolidated statement of financial condition. - □ (c) Statement of income (loss) or, if there is other comprehensive income in the period(s) presented, a statement of comprehensive income (as defined in § 210.1-02 of Regulation S-X). - □ (d) Statement of cash flows. - □ (e) Statement of changes In stockholders' or partners' or sole proprietor's equity. - □ (f) Statement of changes in liabilities subordinated to claims of creditors. - □ (g) Notes to consolidated financial statements. - □ (h) Computation of net capital under 17 CFR 240.15c3-1 or 17 CFR 240.18a-1, as applicable. - □ (i) Computation of tangible net worth under 17 CFR 240.18a-2. - □ U) Computation for determination of customer reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.15c3-3. - □ (k) Computation for determination of security-based swap reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit B to 17 CFR 240.15c3-3 or Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable. - □ (I) Computation for Determination of PAB Requirements under Exhibit A to § 240.15c3-3. - □ (m) Information relating to possession or control requirements for customers under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3. - □ (n) Information relating to possession or control requirements for security-based swap customers under 17 CFR 240.1Sc3-3(p)(2) or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable. - □ (o) Reconciliations, including appropriate explanations, of the FOCUS Report with computation of net capital or tangible net worth under 17 CFR 240.15c3-1, 17 CFR 240.18a-1, or 17 CFR 240.18a-2, as applicable, and the reserve requirements under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3 or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable, if material differences exist, or a statement that no material differences exist. - □ (p) Summary of financial data for subsidiaries not consolidated in the statement of financial condition. - [ii (q) Oath or affirmation in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240.17a-12, or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - □ (r) Compliance report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.lBa-7, as applicable. - □ (s) Exemption report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - G! (t) Independent public accountant's report based on an exami,nation of the statement of financial condition. - D (u) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the financial report or financial statements under 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240.18a-7, or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable. - □ (v) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of certain statements in the compliance report under 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - □ (w) Independent public accountant's report based on a review of the exemption report under 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.lBa-7, as applicable. - □ (x) Supplemental reports on applying agreed-upon procedures, in accordance with 17 CFR 240.15c3-le or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable. - □ (y) Report describing any material inadequacies found to exist or found to have existed since the date of the previous audit, or a statement that no material inadequacies exist, under 17 CFR 240.17a-12(k). □ (z) Other: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_ - - \*\*To request confidential treatment of certain portions of this filing, see 17 CFR 240.17a-5(e)(3) or 17 CFR 240.1Ba-7(d)(2), as applicable. {3}------------------------------------------------ ![](_page_3_Picture_0.jpeg) Mork C. Goldberg, CPA Mork Raphael, CPA Floria Samii-Nikpour, CPA Allon B. Cohen, CPA Michael R. Sull ivan, CPA Anita C. Jacobsen, CPA Founding Portner: Melvin Goldberg , CPA #### **REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM** To the Members of Cambridge International Securities, LLC #### **Opinion on the Financial Statement** We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of Cambridge International Securities, LLC (the "Company") (a limited liability company), as of December 31, 2021, and the related notes to the financial statement. In our opinion, the statement of financial condition presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Cambridge International Securities, LLC as of December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. #### **Basis for Opinion** This 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 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 financial statement. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Raphael Goldberg Nikpour Cohen & Sullivan Certified Public Accountants PLLC We have served as the Company's auditors since 2014. Woodbury, New York February 25, 2022 {4}------------------------------------------------ ## CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES, LLC STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 ## ASSETS | Cash and cash equivalents | \$
214,348 | |---------------------------------|-----------------| | Receivable from clearing broker | 3,261,027 | | Securities owned, at fair value | 112,773 | | Investment in affiliate | 389,186 | | Security deposit | 19,490 | | TOTAL ASSETS | \$
32996,824 | ## LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY | Liabilities:
Accrued expenses and other payables | \$
18,990 | |----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------| | Members' equity:
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | 4,009,609
(31,775) | | Total Members' Equity | 3,977,834 | | TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S EQUITY | \$
3,996,824 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement. {5}------------------------------------------------ #### NOTE 1. SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS ACTIVITIES Cambridge International Securities, LLC, (the "Company"), is a registered broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA"), and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC"). The Company primarily serves institutional clients by providing trading and brokerage services. The Company has yet to commence its futures operation that it has been approved for. In the normal course of its business, the Company enters into financial transactions where the risk of potential loss due to changes in market (market risk) or failure of the other party to the transaction to perform ( credit risk) exceeds the amounts recorded for the transaction. The Company's policy is to continuously monitor its exposure to market and counterparty risk through the use of a variety of financial position and credit exposure reporting and control procedures. In addition, the Company has a policy of reviewing the credit standing of each broker-dealer, clearing organization, customer and/or other counterparty with which it conducts business. Pursuant to the clearance agreement, the clearing broker performs the clearing and depository operations for the Company's proprietary transactions. At December 31, 2020, the receivable from clearing broker reflected on the statement of financial condition substantially consisted of cash due from this clearing broker. #### NOTE2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES ### Basis of Presentation The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("US GAAP"). {6}------------------------------------------------ ### SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES ( continued) ### Revenue Recognition The Company adopted ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The new revenue recognition guidance requires that an entity recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance requires an entity to follow a five step model to (a) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (b) identify the performance obligations in the contract, ( c) determine the transaction price, ( d) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (e) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. In determining the transaction price, an entity may include variable consideration only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized would not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is resolved. Significant judgement are required in the application of the five step model when determining whether performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time or over time; how to allocate transaction prices where multiple performance obligations are identified; when to recognize revenue based on the appropriate measure of the Company's progress under the contract; and whether constraints on variable consideration should be applied due to uncertain future events. The revenue recognition guidance does not apply to revenue associate with financial instruments, interest income and expense, leasing and insurance contracts. Principal Transactions - The Company earns substantially all of its revenue from trading debt instruments on a riskless principal basis. Revenue is recognized at the point in time when a buy and sell trade are executed, as the Company has no further performance obligation subsequent. Fee Income -The Company occasionally earns fee income for advising clients. Such fee income is recognized only when the Company has no further performance obligations. #### Depreciation Depreciation and amortization are provided for in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America {7}------------------------------------------------ ### SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES ( continued) ### Statement of Cash Flows For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturity of three months or less when purchased, to be cash equivalents. ## Use of Estimates Management uses estimates and assumptions in preparing the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Those estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities and related revenue and expenses. Actual results could vary from the estimates that were assumed in preparing the financial statements. ### Fair Value Measurements Financial Accounting Standards Board (F ASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (formerly FASB Statement 157, Fair Value Measurements) establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels explained below: **Level 1** - Fair value measurements based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has access to and are not adjusted. Since measurements are based solely on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation of Level 1 instruments does not entail a significant degree of judgment by the Company. **Level 2** - Fair value measurements based on inputs that are observable, both directly and indirectly, for instruments in markets that are not active (including those that are "thinly traded") or have restrictions on their resale. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities that are in active markets, "as if' conversions for constrained instruments, discounts for trading volume constraints and others such as interest rates and yield curves that are obtainable at common intervals. {8}------------------------------------------------ #### SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES ( continued) **Level 3** - Fair value measurements based on valuation techniques that use significant inputs that are unobservable. Unobservable Level 3 inputs include commonly used pricing models, the Company's internally developed data and assumptions for valuation methodology and other information used by the Company to assist in exercising judgment for instruments that fall into this level. The availability of observable inputs can vary from instrument to instrument and is affected by a wide variety of factors. This includes the type of instrument, whether the instrument is new and not yet established in the marketplace, and other characteristics particular to the transaction. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by the Company in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, the instrument is reported in the lowest level that has a significant input. Even when inputs are not observable, the Company's own assumptions and methodologies are established to reflect those that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. In addition, during periods of market dislocation, the observability of inputs may be reduced for many instruments. This condition could cause an instrument to be reclassified to a lower level within the fair value hierarchy. Valuation techniques - Equity securities: The Company values equity securities owned that are freely tradable and are listed on a national securities exchange or reported on the NASDAQ national market at their last sales price as of the last business day of the period. Valuation techniques - Mortgage backed securities: The Company generally accepts pricing as provided by the clearing broker on month end statements. These prices are only overriden if the Company believes there is a material error or a material difference from other available pricing sources. {9}------------------------------------------------ #### NOTE3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS The Company's net assets recorded at fair value are categorized below based upon a fair value hierarchy in accordance with ASC 820 at December 31, 2020. See Note 2 for a defmition and discussion of the Company's policies regarding this hierarchy. | Securities Owned | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |-----------------------------------|--------------|--------------|---------|------------------------| | Debt Securities
Other Security | \$
63.003 | \$
49,770 | \$
- | \$
49,770
63,003 | | Total | \$
63,003 | \$
49,770 | \$
- | \$
112,773 | | %ofTotal | 55.87% | 44.13% | | 100% | ### Fair Value of Financial Instruments The Company's financial instruments consist of cash, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. The fair value of cash is based upon the bank balance at December 31, 2021 adjusted by any unclear transactions. The fair value of accounts receivable and accounts payable is estimated by management to approximate their carrying value at December 31, 2021. Publicly Traded Securities - The Company values investments in securities that are freely tradeable and are listed on a national securities exchange at their last sales price as of the date of determination. To the extent securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level I of the fair value hierarchy. Otherwise they are categorized as level 2. Mortgage-Backed Securities - In general, are valued based on price or spread data obtained from external parties such as vendors or brokers. If position-specific external price data was not observable, the fair value determination may require benchmarking to similar instruments and/or analyzing expected credit losses, default, and recovery rates. In evaluating the fair value of each security, the Company considers security collateral-specific attributes including payment priority, credit enhancement levels, type of collateral, delinquency rates, and loss severity. These securities are included in level 2. {10}------------------------------------------------ #### NOTE4. INVESTMENT IN AFFILIATE The Company is invested in a London based affiliate named Cambridge International UK LLP. The Company owns 100 % of the affiliate indirectly through its wholly owned subsidiary, Cambridge International Securities LTD. The Company pays certain expenses on behalf of its affiliate, and reduces the carrying value of the investment as the expenses are paid. #### NOTES. INCOME TAXES The Company is a limited liability company, and treated as a partnership for income tax reporting purposes. The Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") provides that any income or loss is passed through to the members for federal and state income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Company has not provided for federal or state income taxes. F ASB provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, disclosed and presented in the financial statements. This requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Partnership's tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are "more-likely-thannot" of being sustained "when challenged" or ''when examined" by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense and liability in the current year. There are no uncertain tax positions in the Company's tax filings, and there are no current tax audits pending. The Company tax returns are open for audit for a period of three years from the date of filings. #### NOTE6. NET CAPITAL REQUIREMENT The Company is subject to the Securities and Exchange Commission Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1), which requires the maintenance of minimum net capital and requires that the ratio of aggregate indebtedness to net capital, both as defined, shall not exceed 15 to 1 (and the rule of the 'applicable' exchange also provides that equity capital may not be withdrawn or cash dividends paid if the resulting net capital ratio would exceed 10 to 1 ). At December 31, 2021, the Company had net capital of \$3,558,733, which was \$3,308,733 in excess of its required net capital of \$250,000. The Company's net capital ratio was 0.0035 to 1. #### NOTE7. RULE 15C3-3 The Company is exempt from the provisions of Rule 15c3-3 under paragraph (k)(2)(ii) in that the Company carries no accounts, does not hold funds or securities for or owe money or securities to customers and effectuates all financial transactions on behalf of customers on a fully disclosed basis. {11}------------------------------------------------ #### NOTES. GUARANTEES The Company has issued no guarantees at December 31, 2021 or during the year then ended. #### NOTE9. PENSION PLAN The Company maintains a non-contributory simplified employee pension plan covering all full-time employees who qualify as to age and length of service. It is the Company's policy to make contributions to the plans as provided annually by the board of directors. #### NOTE 10. COMMITMENTS The Company extended lease agreement of its office space on December 16, 2021. The lease term begins on February 1, 2022 and ends January 31, 2024. The future minimum lease payments are as follows: | 2022 | \$66,000 | |-------|---------------| | 2023 | 75,300 | | 2024 | 6,300 | | Total | \$
147,600 | #### NOTE 11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Subsequent events have been evaluated through February 25, 2022, the date the financial statements were filed. There have been no events requiring recognition or disclosure in the fmancial statements except as note following: ### Uncertainties due to Coronavirus The outbreak of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") in many countries continues to adversely impact global commercial activity and has contributed to significant volatility in fmancial markets. The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern." The global impact of the outbreak continues to evolve, and as cases of the virus have continued to be identified, many countries have reacted by instituting quarantines and restrictions on travel. Such actions are creating disruption in global supply chains, and adversely impacting a number of industries. The outbreak could have a continued adverse impact on economic and market conditions and trigger a period of global economic slowdown. The rapid development and fluidity of this situation precludes any prediction as to the ultimate adverse impact of COVID-19. Nevertheless, COVID-19 could have a material impact on the Company's financial statements. Source: SEC EDGAR via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). Agents: see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.