Disclosures
Business Continuity Plan
Cary Street Partners has developed a Business Continuity Plan detailing how we will respond to events that significantly disrupt our business. Since the timing and impact of disasters and disruptions are unpredictable, we will have to be flexible in responding to actual events as they occur. With that in mind, we are providing you with this information on our business continuity plan.
Contacting Us – If, after a significant business disruption, you cannot contact us as you usually do, you should call our alternative number (804) 340-8100 or check our website at www.carystreetpartners.com for our latest information. We will re-establish telephone service with our clients as soon as possible.
During a time of firm-wide service disruption and you are unable to contact our firm, you will be directed to your custodian for account servicing either through telephone message or our website.
Our Business Continuity Plan – We plan to quickly recover and resume business operations after a significant business disruption. We will respond by safeguarding our employees and property, making a financial and operational assessment, protecting the firm’s books and records, and allowing our customers to transact business. In short, our business continuity plan is designed to permit our firm to resume operations as quickly as possible, given the scope and severity of the significant business disruption. Our business continuity plan addresses: data backup and recovery; all mission critical systems; financial and operational assessments; alternative communications with customers, employees, and regulators; alternate physical location of employees; critical supplier, contractor, bank and counter-party impact; regulatory reporting; and assuring our customers prompt access to their funds and securities if we are unable to continue our business.
Varying Disruptions – Significant business disruptions can vary in their scope, such as only our firm, a single building housing our firm, the business district where our firm is located, the city where we are located, or the whole region. Within each of these areas, the severity of the disruption can also vary from minimal to severe.
In case of a disruption affecting our Investment Banking locations, we will transfer our operations to an alternative site when needed and expect to recover and resume business within one to two business days, and you will be notified how to contact us though our customer emergency number (804) 340-8100.
In case of a disruption affecting our Wealth Management locations, operations can be quickly transferred to an alternative site and, if necessary, to our clearing firm. You will be notified how to contact us through our website www.carystreetpartners.com or our customer emergency number, (804) 340-8100. If the significant business disruption is so severe that it prevents us from remaining in business, we will assure our customer’s prompt access to their funds and securities.
For more information – If you have questions about our business continuity planning, you may contact us at (804) 340-8100.
Order Routing Disclosures
Cary Street Partners LLC (“Cary Street Partners”) is an introducing broker-dealer who clears 100% of its trades through Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC (“First Clearing”). All order routing and execution decisions are made by First Clearing, and Cary Street Partners does not participate in the order filling or routing process.
Please see the following reports from First Clearing regarding order routing information and other Rule 606 disclosure obligations. Order Routing Disclosures
Margin Account Disclosure
Please Note: The information contained on this page only applies if you elected to have margin on your account.
On behalf of your brokerage firm, First Clearing* is furnishing this document to you to provide some basic facts about purchasing
securities on margin, and to alert you to the risks involved with trading securities in a margin account. Before trading stocks in a margin account, you should carefully review the margin agreement provided by your brokerage firm. Consult your brokerage firm regarding any questions or concerns you may have with your margin account(s). For further information, please refer to the Designation of Responsibility Letter.
When you purchase securities through your brokerage firm, you may pay for the securities in full or you may borrow part of the purchase
price from your brokerage firm’s clearing firm, First Clearing. If you choose to borrow funds, you will open a margin account with your
brokerage firm. The securities purchased are First Clearing’s collateral for the loan to you. If the securities in your account decline in value, so does the value of the collateral supporting your loan. And, as a result, First Clearing or your brokerage firm can take action, such as issue a margin call and/or sell securities or other assets in any of your accounts held with the member, in order to maintain the required equity in the account.
It is important that you fully understand the risks involved in trading securities on margin. These risks include the following:
- You can lose more funds than you deposit in the margin account. A decline in the value of securities that are purchased on
margin may require you to provide additional funds to First Clearing, the firm that has made the loan, to avoid the forced sale of those securities or other securities or assets in your account(s). - First Clearing or your brokerage firm can force the sale of securities or other assets in your account(s). If the equity in your account falls below the maintenance margin requirements or First Clearing’s higher “house” requirements, First Clearing can sell the securities or other assets in any of your accounts held at the firm to cover the margin deficiency. You also will be responsible for any shortfall in the account after such a sale.
- First Clearing or your brokerage firm can sell your securities or other assets without contacting you. Some investors mistakenly believe that a firm must contact them for a margin call to be valid, and that the brokerage firm cannot liquidate securities or other assets in their accounts to meet the call unless the brokerage firm has contacted them first. This is not the case. Most firms will attempt to notify their customers of margin calls, but they are not required to do so. However, even if a firm has contacted a customer and provided a specific date by which the customer can meet a margin call, the firm can still take necessary steps to protect its financial interests, including immediately selling the securities without notice to you.
- You are not entitled to choose which securities or other assets in your account(s) are liquidated or sold to meet a
margin call. Because the securities are collateral for the margin loan, First Clearing or your brokerage firm has the right to decide which security to sell in order to protect its interests. First Clearing or your brokerage firm can increase its “house” maintenance margin requirements at any time and is not required to provide you advance written notice. These changes in firm policy often take effect immediately and may result in the issuance of a maintenance margin call. Your failure to satisfy the call may cause First Clearing or your brokerage firm to liquidate or sell securities in your account(s). - You are not entitled to an extension of time on a margin call. While an extension of time to meet margin requirements may be available to customers under certain conditions, a customer does not have a right to the extension.
Securities in your margin account may be loaned to or by First Clearing. To the extent First Clearing determines, in accordance with Federal tax regulations, that your securities have been loaned, payments received by you with respect to such securities (including payments in lieu of dividends) may be reclassified as substitute payments. Substitute payments may be reported on different tax reporting forms than payments received on the underlying securities and may be subject to different tax consequences and rates. You are advised to contact your tax advisor to discuss the tax treatment of substitute payments.
*Account(s) carried by First Clearing. First Clearing is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, a registered broker-dealer and non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company
Day Trader Risk Disclosure
You should consider the following points before engaging in a day-trading strategy. For purposes of this notice, a “day-trading strategy” means an overall trading strategy characterized by the regular transmission by a customer of intra-day orders to effect both purchase and sale transactions in the same security or securities.
Day trading can be extremely risky.
Day trading generally is not appropriate for someone of limited resources and limited investment or trading experience and low risk tolerance. You should be prepared to lose all of the funds that you use for day trading. In particular, you should not fund day-trading activities with retirement savings, student loans, second mortgages, emergency funds, funds set aside for purposes such as education or home ownership, or funds required to meet your living expenses. Further, certain evidence indicates that an investment of less than $50,000 will significantly impair the ability of a day trader to make a profit. Of course, an investment of $50,000 or more will in no way guarantee success.
Be cautious of claims of large profits from day trading.
You should be wary of advertisements or other statements that emphasize the potential for large profits in day trading. Day trading can also lead to large and immediate financial losses.
Day trading requires knowledge of securities markets.
Day trading requires in-depth knowledge of the securities markets and trading techniques and strategies. In attempting to profit through day trading, you must compete with professional, licensed traders employed by securities firms. You should have appropriate experience before engaging in day trading.
Day trading requires knowledge of a firm’s operations.
You should be familiar with a securities firm’s business practices, including the operation of the firm’s order execution systems and procedures. Under certain market conditions, you may find it difficult or impossible to liquidate a position quickly at a reasonable price. This can occur, for example, when the market for a stock suddenly drops, or if trading is halted due to recent news events or unusual trading activity. The more volatile a stock is, the greater the likelihood that problems may be encountered in executing a transaction. In addition to normal market risks, you may experience losses due to system failures.
Day trading will generate substantial commissions, even if the per trade cost is low.
Day trading involves aggressive trading, and generally you will pay commissions on each trade. The total daily commissions that you pay on your trades will add to your losses or significantly reduce your earnings. For instance, assuming that a trade costs $16 and an average of 29 transactions are conducted per day, an investor would need to generate an annual profit of $111,360 just to cover commission expenses.
Day trading on margin or short selling may result in losses beyond your initial investment.
When you day trade with funds borrowed from a firm or someone else, you can lose more than the funds you originally placed at risk. A decline in the value of the securities that are purchased may require you to provide additional funds to the firm to avoid the forced sale of those securities or other securities in your account. Short selling as part of your day-trading strategy also may lead to extraordinary losses, because you may have to purchase a stock at a very high price in order to cover a short position.
For additional information regarding background of a licensed financial professional, you may go to http://www.finra.org/Investors/ToolsCalculators/BrokerCheck/.