# BROADRIDGE BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING, LLC X-17A-5 (2021-08-12) — Broker-dealer annual report

- Company: BROADRIDGE BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING, LLC
- Form: X-17A-5
- Filed: 2021-08-12
- Period: 2021-06-30
- Accession: 0001144869-21-000007
- CIK: 1144869
- File #: 8-53412
- Material weakness: No
- Auditor: Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Auditor location: New York, NY
- Contact: Charles Sax
- Phone: 631-257-4899
- Website: deloitte.com
- Signed by: Charles E. Sax (Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer)

Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144869/000114486921000007/Public.pdf

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## BROADRIDGE BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING, LLC (An indirect subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.) **<SEC I.D. No 8-53412)**

## STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AS OF JUNE 30, 2021 AND REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

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Filed pursuant to Rule 17a-5(eX3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a PUBLIC DOCUMENT.

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## **BROADRIDGE BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING, LLC**

**(An Indirect Subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.)** 

## **TABLE OF CONTENTS**

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# **Deloitte. Deloitte • Touche LLP**

**30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112**  USA

**Tel: +l 212 492 4000 Fax: +1 212 489 1687 www.deloitte.com** 

## **REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

**To the Member of Broadridge Business Process Outsourcing, LLC and Senior Management of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.:** 

#### **Opinion on the Financial Statement**

**We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of Broadridge Business Process Outsourcing, LLC (an indirect subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.) (the "Company") as of June 30, 2021, and 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 June 30, 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 this 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 of the financial statement provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.** 

#### **Emphasis of Matter**

**As described in Note 6, the accompanying financial statement includes significant transactions with affiliates and may not necessarily be indicative of the conditions that would have existed if the Company had operated as an unaffiliated business. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.** 

**August 9, 2021 We have served as the Company's auditor since 2012.** 

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## Broadridge Business Process Outsourcing, LLC

**(An Indirect Subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.)** 

## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AS OF JUNE 30, 2021**

**(\$ In thousands)** 

#### **ASSETS**

| Cash<br>Cash segregated under federal regulations<br>Accounts receivable                                                   | 35,461<br>\$<br>1,239<br>60,453<br>1,376 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Receivable from affiliates, net (Note 6)<br>Other assets (Note 4)                                                          | 30,298                                   |
| TOTAL ASSETS                                                                                                               | !<br>128,827                             |
| LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S EQUITY                                                                                            |                                          |
| LIABILITIES                                                                                                                |                                          |
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities (Note 5)<br>Payable to foreign affiliates (Note 6)<br>Payable to affiliate (Note 6) | 5,908<br>\$<br>262<br>6                  |
| Administrative fees payable to an affiliate (Note 6)<br>Contract liabilities                                               | 46,639<br>4 877                          |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                                                                          | 57,692                                   |
| COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 7)                                                                                     |                                          |
| MEMBER'S EQUITY                                                                                                            | 71135                                    |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S EQUITY                                                                                      | 128,827<br>\$                            |

**See notes to financial statement.** 

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## **1. Organization and Business Activities**

Broadridge Business Process Outsourcing, LLC (the "Company") was fonned on April 6, 2001 as a Delaware Limited Liability Company and is wholly-owned by Broadridge BPO Holding LLC (the "Parent"). The Parent is owned by Broadridge Securities Processing Solutions, LLC ("BSPS") and Broadridge Fixed Income Liquidity Solutions, LLC ("BFILS"). BSPS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. ("Broadridge"), a global fintech leader providing investor communications and technology-driven solutions to banks, broker-dealers, mutual funds and corporate issuers. The Company is headquartered in Edgewood, New York. The Company is a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA").

## **2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies**

*Basis of Presentation* - The financial statement has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"). As discussed in Notes 1 and 6, the Company is part of an affiliated group of entities. Accordingly, these affiliations and other related-party disclosures must be taken into consideration when reviewing the accompanying statement of financial condition, which was prepared on the basis that the Company is a going concern and will continue in operation for the foreseeable future and will be able to realize assets and discharge liabilities in the normal course of operations.

*Use of Estimates-* The preparation of the financial statement in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Company's financial statement and accompanying notes thereto. These estimates are based on management's best knowledge of current events, historical experience, actions that the Company may undertake in the future and on various other assumptions and judgments that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. **The use of estimates in specific accounting policies is described further in the notes to the financial**  statement, as appropriate. Significant estimates include the Company's accounts receivable related to its mutual fund processing business and related administrative fee payable, and bonus accrual.

*Cash and Cash Equivalents* - Cash includes demand deposits held in banks. The Company has no restrictions on cash deposits. Cash equivalents include certain highly liquid investments with original maturities of 90 days or less. At June 30, 2021 the Company had no cash equivalents.

*Cash Segregated Under Federal Regulations* - At June 30, 2021 cash of \$1,032 thousand and \$207 thousand had been segregated in special reserve accounts for the exclusive benefit of customers and proprietary accounts of broker-dealers, respectively, exceeding actual requirements by \$1,032 thousand and \$207 thousand, respectively, in accordance with Rule l 5c3-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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*Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL)* - The Company estimates expected credit losses over the life of its financial assets and certain off-balance sheet exposures as of the reporting date based on relevant information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions and events. For financial assets on the balance sheet, the allowance for credit losses is reported as a valuation account that adjusts the asset's basis. The new CECL standard became effective on July 1, 2020, and the Company applied the modified retrospective method of adoption which resulted in no adjustment to retained earnings as of the effective date.

*Affiliate Transaction Balances and Settlement* - The Company receives services from, and provides services to, various Broadridge business units for which the Company is charged or bills on a monthly basis and settles monthly. Such services are formalized under service level agreements which document specific service requirements and pricing. Several of the Company's obligations for settlement are facilitated by the Parent, even when the Company is performing work for other affiliates. As such, these are receivables from, and payables to Broadridge and are disclosed on a net basis in the statement of financial condition as Receivable from affiliates, net. The Company pays administrative fees to an affiliate for further distribution to institutions such as banks, trust companies, third-party administrators, retirement plans, broker-dealers and registered investment advisors to perform certain services that the Company is contractually obligated to perform for the mutual fund families. Payables related to such administrative fees are disclosed in the statement of financial condition as Administrative fees payable to an affiliate (see Note 6).

*Allowance for Doubtful Accounts* - The Company reviews its accounts receivable balances on a monthly basis. Aged receivables are identified and researched, and related clients are notified and requested to submit payment. The Company analyzes each open receivable specifically to determine whether there is risk of non-payment. The Company books allowances for those open receivables for which payment in full is not expected based on historical experience, current credit ratings and other factors. As of June 30, 2021, the Company had no allowance for doubtful accounts relating to its accounts receivable balances.

*Deferred Client Conversion Costs-* For the Company's operations outsourcing line of business, direct costs that are incurred to set up or convert a client's systems to function with the Company's technology are generally deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the service term of the contract, which commences after client acceptance and when the processing term begins.

*Deferred Client Concessions* - For the Company's operations outsourcing line of business, concessions granted as incentive for clients to enter into new or renewal contracts are generally deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the service term of the contract as a reduction to revenue, which commences after client acceptance and when the processing term begins.

*Internal Use Software* - Expenditures for software purchases, perpetual software licenses and software developed or obtained for internal use are capitalized and amortized over a three- to fiveyear period on a straight-line basis. During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company capitalized \$1,103 thousand related to internal use software projects. For software developed for internal use, the Company's accounting policy provides for the capitalization of external direct costs of materials and services associated with developing or obtaining internal use computer software. In addition, the Company also capitalizes payroll and payroll-related costs for employees who are directly associated with internal use software projects. The amount of capitalizable payroll costs with respect to these employees is limited to direct time spent on such projects.

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*Fixed Assets, Net* **- Fixed assets, which are included in other assets, consist primarily of communication and data processing equipment and are stated at cost less accumulated amortization and depreciation.** 

*Income Taxes* **- The Company is a Limited Liability Company (LLC) and a disregarded entity for income tax purposes. Accordingly, taxable income and losses of the Company are reported in the income tax return of the Parent and no provision for income taxes has been recorded in the accompanying statement of financial condition. The Company, as a single-member LLC, is not allocated income taxes from the Parent because it does not have a tax-sharing agreement.** 

*Concentration of Risk* **- Five customers accounted for 20% of the Company's accounts receivable. The Company's largest single client accounted for 6% of its accounts receivable.** 

#### **3. Revenue Recognition**

**The Company's revenues from clients are primarily generated from fees for providing technologyenabled services and solutions. Revenues are recognized for the Company's three lines of business as follows:** 

- *Mutual Fund Processing* **- The Company performs broker-dealer functions that consist primarily of effecting and facilitating the unsolicited purchase and redemption of various mutual fund shares submitted by institutions such as banks, trust companies, third-party administrators, retirement plans, broker-dealers and registered investment advisers throughout the United States. Purchases and redemptions of mutual funds are settled through an affiliate, Matrix Trust Company ("Matrix Trust"), a trust member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, in a bank account registered in the name of Matrix Trust. The Company serves as the broker-dealer of record on the mutual fund accounts, which are registered as Matrix Trust Company for the benefit of customers or in nominee name of financial institutions such as banks, third-party administrators, retirement plans, broker-dealers and registered investment advisers.**
- *Operations Outsourcing* **- The Company also provides operations outsourcing solutions that allow a client to outsource certain middle and back-office administrative functions relating to clearing and settlement to the Company, from order entry to trade matching and settlement, while maintaining their ability to finance and capitalize their business. The Company's operations outsourcing clients execute and clear their own securities transactions and engage the Company to perform a number of related administrative backoffice functions, such as record-keeping and reconciliations. In this capacity, the Company is not the broker-dealer of record.**
- *LTX* **® - The Company provides access to an interactive data and electronic system and communications platform for securities, derivatives and other interests enabling buy-side firms to receive aggregated liquidity from multiple buyers on the same block trade in real time. L TX enables dealers to distribute corporate bonds across their customer network, amplifying the buy-side's opportunity to maximize liquidity and achieve improved best execution, by using LTX's powerful artificial intelligence to identify potential natural buyers of bonds within their customer network. Customers invited to participate in the trade are able to bid for their preferred amount of bonds and improve their price as needed to fulfill their order.**

### *Contract balances*

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**The following table provides information about contract assets and contract liabilities:** 

| (Sin thousands)      | Opening Balance<br>Julv 1, 2020 |        | Closing Balance<br>June 30, 2021 |       |
|----------------------|---------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------|-------|
| Contract assets      | \$                              | 185    | \$                               | 103   |
| Contract liabilities |                                 | 11,134 |                                  | 4,877 |

**The Company's contract assets represent arrangements in which an estimate of variable consideration has been included in the transaction price and thereby recognized as revenue that precedes the contractual due date. Revenue is recognized when all material conditions for completion have been met and it is probable that a significant revenue reversal will not occur in a future period. Contract liabilities represent consideration received or receivable from clients before the transfer of control occurs (deferred revenue). Contract balances are reported in a net contract asset and liability position on a contract-by-contract basis at the end of each reporting period in the statement of financial condition under Other assets and Contract liabilities, respectively.** 

**During the year ended June 30, 202 I, contract liabilities decreased primarily due to the amortization of a client contract termination that was accounted for as a contract modification.** 

#### *Contract Costs*

**For the Company's operations outsourcing line of business, direct costs that are incurred to set up a client are generally deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the service term of the contract, which commences after client acceptance and when the processing term begins. The Company evaluates the carrying value of deferred client conversion and start-up costs for impairment on the basis of whether these costs are fully recoverable from the expected future undiscounted net operating cash flows of the client to which the deferred costs relate.** 

**The Company defers incremental costs to obtain a client contract that it expects to recover, which consists of sales commissions incurred, only if the contract is executed. Deferred sales commission costs are amortized on a straight-line basis using a portfolio approach consistent with the pattern of transfer of the goods or services to which the asset relates, which also considers expected customer lives. The Company evaluates the carrying value of deferred sales commission costs for impairment on the basis of whether these costs are fully recoverable from the expected future undiscounted net operating cash flows of the portfolio of clients to which the deferred sales commission costs relate.** 

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#### **4. Other Assets**

Other assets consists of the following as of June 30, 2021:

|                                                                                          | June 30, 2021<br>(\$ in thousands) |
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| Deferred client conversion costs, net of accumulated amortization of\$6,584              | \$<br>4,774                        |
| Deferred client concession, net of accumulated amortization of \$880                     | 1,106                              |
| Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation of \$561                                   | 65                                 |
| Leasehold improvements, net of accumulated amortization of \$42                          | 43                                 |
| Prepaid expenses                                                                         | 408                                |
| Deposit with clearing organization                                                       | 500                                |
| Internal use software, net of accumulated amortization of \$2,563                        | 3,669                              |
| L TX® right-of-use software license, net of accumulated amortization of \$1,457 (Note 6) | 19,688                             |
| Deferred sales commissions, net of accumulated amortization of \$36                      | 30                                 |
| Software licenses, net of accumulated amortization of \$365                              | 15                                 |
| Total other assets                                                                       | \$<br>30,298                       |

#### **S. Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities**

Accrued expenses and other liabilities consists of the following as of June 30, 2021:

|                                                        | June 30, 2021<br>(\$ in thousands} |
|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses<br>Accrued bonus | \$<br>2,590<br>3,318               |
| Total accrued expenses and other liabilities           | \$<br>5,908                        |

#### **6. Related Party Transactions**

*Software License Agreements* - The Company has a perpetual, exclusive, non-transferable, nonsublicensable, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free sublicense to certain intellectual property and technology from the Parent (the L TX platform right-of-use software license), that was licensed to the Parent by BFILS. The Parent contributed to the Company \$9,387 thousand of additional capitalized cost related to the sublicensed right-of-use software license for the L TX platform.

*Administrative Fees Payable to an Affiliate* - The Company pays administrative fees to an affiliate for further distribution to institutions such as banks, trust companies, third-party administrators, retirement plans, broker-dealers and registered investment advisers to perform certain services that the Company is contractually obligated to perform for the mutual fund families. The Company pays these fees related to its mutual fund processing business. As of June 30, 2021, the Company had a payable of \$46,639 thousand related to such fees.

*Receivable from Affiliates, net* - Receivable from affiliates, net consists of the following at June 30, 2021:

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|                                                                                                                | June 30, 2021<br>(i in thousands} |                    |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
| Receivable from affiliate • mutual fund processing                                                             | \$                                | 107                |
| Payables to affiliate • payroll and accounts payable<br>Payables to affiliate - other services and allocations | \$                                | (3,735)<br>(1,953) |
| Outsourcing receivables from affiliate<br>Receivable from affiliate, net • operations outsourcing              |                                   | 6,957<br>1,269     |
| Total receivable from affiliates, net                                                                          | \$                                | 1,376              |

Receivable from affiliate - mutual fund processing - Consists of client fees that are remitted to an affiliated entity. Such fees are then remitted to the Company during the following month. These receivables are not settled net against the Company's administrative fees and operations outsourcing intercompany payables and do not qualify for netting under the Company's intercompany netting agreement with Broadridge.

Payables to affiliate - payroll and accounts payable - Broadridge funds payroll and accounts payable on behalf of the Company. The Company subsequently reimburses Broadridge for such payments.

Payables to affiliate - other services and allocations - The Company receives services from other Broadridge wholly-owned entities primarily related to data processing, statements, customer statements and confirmation generation. The Company subsequently reimburses Broadridge for such services.

Outsourcing receivables from affiliate - Primarily represents outsourcing receivables that were collected by Broadridge on behalf of the Company and that will be remitted to the Company. These receivables are settled net against the Company's operations outsourcing intercompany payables and qualify for netting under the Company's intercompany netting agreement with Broadridge.

*Payable to Foreign Affdlates -* As of June 30, 2021, the Company had a \$262 thousand payable to foreign affiliates related to its operations outsourcing business that is not settled net against the Company's operations outsourcing receivables and does not qualify for netting under the Company's intercompany netting agreement with Broadridge.

*Payable to Affiliate* - As of June 30, 2021, the Company had a \$6 thousand payable to an affiliate related to payroll and accounts payable funded by Broadridge for its L TX business, that is not settled net against the Company's operations outsourcing receivables and does not qualify for netting under the Company's intercompany netting agreement with Broadridge.

#### **7. Commitments and Contingencies**

*Leases* - The Company leases office equipment on a month-to-month basis.

*Litigation* - From time to time, in the normal course of business, the Company may be threatened with, or named as a defendant in, lawsuits, arbitrations, and administrative claims. Any such claims that are decided against the Company could harm the Company's business. The Company is also subject to periodic regulatory audits and inspections which could result in fines or other disciplinary actions. Unfavorable outcomes in such matters may result in a material impact on the Company's financial position. As of June 30, 2021, there were no matters that the Company is aware of that would have a material impact on its financial statement.

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*Guarantees* **- The Company provides a guarantee to the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC") as a managing clearing member. Under the standard OCC membership agreement, members are required to guarantee the performance of the other members. Under the agreement, if a member becomes unable to satisfy its obligations to the OCC, the other members would be required to meet any shortfalls. The Company's liability under this arrangement is not quantifiable as the information necessary to estimate the obligations of the other members, which could exceed \$500 thousand of cash the Company has posted as collateral, is not available. However, the potential for the Company to be required to make payments under this arrangement is deemed remote by management. Accordingly, no contingent liability is carried in the statement of financial condition for this guarantee. Additionally, the OCC has established a Replenishment Plan for a one-time Operational Loss Fee to be charged in equal share to each clearing member, should OCC's equity capital fall below its annually determined target capital level of \$247,000 thousand for 90 days or breach 90% of this target level (a "Trigger Event"). Should the Replenishment Plan be triggered, the OCC has determined that for 2020 it would need to raise up to a maximum amount of \$141,867 thousand, which based on OCC' s 105 clearing members, would result in a charge of up to \$1,35 1 thousand to each clearing member, after the OCC first applies funds held in its Executive Deferred Compensation Plan in excess of amounts necessary to pay for benefits accrued and vested. Additionally, in the event an Operational Loss Fee is charged, once OCC's capital returns to the Early Warning Level of 1 10% of target capital, or \$271,700 thousand, and OCC is in a position to return fees to clearing members, the Operational Loss Fee would be returned equally to each clearing member up to the amount of the Operational Loss Fee charged. The potential for the Company to be required to make payments under the OCC's Replenishment Plan is deemed remote by management. Accordingly, no contingent liability is carried in the statement of financial condition for this guarantee.** 

*Covid-19 -* **In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak ofCovid-19 as a pandemic ("Covid-19"), which continues to persist throughout the world including the U.S., India, Canada, Europe and other locations where we operate. Developments have been occurring rapidly with respect to the spread of Covid-19 and its impact on human health and businesses. To date, the Covid-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the global economy, created significant financial market volatility, disrupted global supply chains, and resulted in a significant number of deaths and infections worldwide. In response, several countries worldwide have enacted fiscal stimulus packages while central banks have increased monetary stimulus, both designed to help mitigate the negative macroeconomic effects of Covid-19. In addition, several national, state and local governments have placed restrictions on people from gathering in groups or interacting within a certain physical distance (i.e. social distancing) and in certain cases, have ordered businesses to close, limit operations or mandate that people stay at home.** 

**To date, there has not been a material impact as a result of Covid-19 on our financial statement. Further, we have not experienced any significant supply-chain issues as our critical vendors have also remained operational and continue to meet their on-going service level requirements. We continue to actively engage with our clients to assist with their service demands, including our clients' needs for any supplemental operational services and/or changes to existing service requirements in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.** 

**Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are unable to precisely predict the impact that Covid-19 will have in the future due to numerous uncertainties, including the severity of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, actions that may be taken by governmental authorities, the impact to the business of our clients, and the uncertainty of the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic and any resultant economic downturn impacts our business, operations, and financial results, which will depend on numerous evolving factors that are outside our control and which we may not be able to accurately** 

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**predict, including the duration and scope of the pandemic and the governmental, business and individual actions taken in response to the pandemic and the impact of those actions on global economic activity. Given these uncertainties, Covid-19 could disrupt the business of certain of our clients, decrease our clients' demand for our services, impact our business operations and our ability to execute on our associated business strategies and initiatives, and adversely impact our results of operations and/or our financial condition in the future. We will continue to closely monitor and evaluate the nature and extent of the impact of Covid-19 to our business, results of operations, and financial condition.** 

## **8. Regulatory Requirements**

**Although the Company's FINRA membership agreement allows the Company to engage in clearing and the retailing of corporate securities in addition to mutual fund retailing on a wire order basis, the Company does not clear customer transactions, process any retail business or carry customer accounts, and the Company is exempt from the customer protection requirements of Rule 15c3-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Rule 15c3-3") under the provisions of 17 C.F.R. § 240.15c3- 3(kX2Xii). In addition, the Company's other business activities contemplated by Footnote 74 of the SEC Release No. 34-70073 adopting amendments to 17 C.F.R. § 240.1 7a-5 are limited to receiving transaction-based compensation for providing technology or platfonn services.** 

**As a registered broker-dealer and member ofFINRA, the Company is subject to the Unifonn Net Capital Rule 15c3-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Rule 1 Sc3-l "). The Company computes its net capital under the alternative method permitted by Rule I Sc3-l, which requires the Company to maintain minimum net capital equal to the greater of \$250 thousand or 2% of aggregate debit items arising from customer transactions. At June 30, 2021 the Company's required minimum net capital was \$250 thousand. FINRA may require a member finn to reduce its business if its net capital is less than 4% of aggregate debit items, or may prohibit a member finn from expanding its business or paying cash dividends if resulting net capital would be less than 5% of aggregate debit items. As of June 30, 2021, the Company had net capital of \$25,604 thousand, which exceeded the minimum requirement by \$25,354 thousand.** 

**In addition, the Company, as a 'Managing Clearing Member' of the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"), is subject to OCC Rule 309(b) in connection with its operations outsourcing services that are provided to other OCC 'Managed Clearing Member' broker-dealers, which required the Company to maintain minimum net capital of \$6,200 thousand as of June 30, 2021. As of June 30, 2021, the Company's net capital exceeded the OCC minimum requirement by \$19,404 thousand.** 

## **9. Subsequent Events**

**The Company has reviewed events that have occurred after June 30, 2021 through the date the financial statement was issued. The Company had no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure.** 

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