Custody and Clearing

FIDELITY INSTITUTIONAL_SM

Fidelity Institutional provides a comprehensive custody and clearing platform, brokerage services, trading capabilities, and practice management and consulting to registered investment advisors (RIAs), including strategic acquirers and professional asset managers, as well as retirement record keepers, broker-dealer firms, banks, and insurance companies through National Financial Services LLC (NFS) or Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, Members NYSE, SIPC. In addition to providing services to third-party institutions, the NFS brokerage platform supports all the clearing and custody businesses at Fidelity, including Fidelity’s retail and capital markets businesses, bringing NFS assets under administration to over $4 trillion as of 12/31/2020.

ASSET PROTECTION

Securities in accounts carried by National Financial Services LLC (NFS), a Fidelity Investments company, are protected in accordance with the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) up to $500,000. The $500,000 total amount of SIPC protection is inclusive of up to $250,000 protection on claims for cash, subject to periodic adjustments for inflation in accordance with terms of the SIPC statute and approval by SIPC’s board of directors. NFS also has arranged for coverage above these limits. Neither coverage protects against a decline in the market value of securities, nor does either coverage extend to certain securities that are considered ineligible for coverage. For more details on SIPC, or to request a SIPC brochure, visit www.sipc.org or call 202.371.8300.

“Excess of SIPC” Coverage 

In addition to SIPC protection, NFS provides for brokerage accounts additional “excess of SIPC” coverage. The excess of SIPC coverage will be used only when SIPC coverage is exhausted. Like SIPC protection, excess of SIPC protection does not cover investment losses in customer accounts due to market fluctuation. It also does not cover other claims for losses incurred while broker-dealers remain in business. Total aggregate excess of SIPC coverage available through NFS’s excess of SIPC policy is $1 billion. Within NFS’s excess of SIPC coverage, there is no per-customer dollar limit on coverage of securities, but there is a limit of $1.9 million on coverage of cash awaiting investment. This is the maximum excess of SIPC protection currently available in the brokerage industry.

Fidelity Investments and Fidelity Institutional (together “Fidelity”) is an independent company, unaffiliated with Alliance Global Partners (“AGP”). Fidelity is a service provider to AGP. There is no form of legal partnership, agency affiliation, or similar relationship between your financial advisor and Fidelity, nor is such a relationship created or implied by the information herein. Fidelity has not been involved with the preparation of the content supplied by AGP and does not guarantee, or assume any responsibility for, its content. Fidelity is a registered trademark of FMR LLC. Fidelity InstitutionalSM provides clearing, custody, or other brokerage services through National Financial Services LLC or Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, Members NYSE, SIPC. # 839333.2.0

What/who is RBC Clearing & Custody?

RBC Clearing & Custody is a division of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, member NYSE/FINRA/SIPC. RBC Capital Markets, LLC, is a member of the NYSE, AMEX, CHX, CBOE and PSE and has execution capabilities on all principal exchanges. RBC Capital Markets, LLC is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, which trades under the symbol RY on the New York Stock Exchange.

Firm’s relationship with RBC Clearing & Custody

Our firm has a contractual agreement with RBC Clearing & Custody, a division of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, to serve as our clearing firm. This fully disclosed clearing agreement states the responsibilities of each party. Prior to the agreement becoming effective, RBC Clearing & Custody is responsible for making all disclosures to our firm’s designated examining authority as required by FINRA Rule 4311. Each client of our firm is notified of the relationship via a disclosure letter. The disclosure letter details the responsibilities that our firm (the introducing broker-dealer) and RBC Capital Markets, LLC (the clearing firm) have to the client. Although client assets are held by RBC Capital Markets, LLC, neither RBC Capital Markets, LLC, nor its parent company, Royal Bank of Canada, has responsibility for the financial condition or performance of our firm or our financial professionals.

SIPC & additional coverage for client accounts

Our clearing firm, RBC Clearing & Custody, is a division of RBC Capital Markets, LLC. RBC Capital Markets, LLC, is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). SIPC is a nonprofit membership corporation funded by its member security broker-dealers. SIPC protects the securities clients of its members in the event of the failure of a member firm. SIPC reimburses clients the cash value of their securities up to $500,000 per client. Any lost cash in a client’s account would be reimbursed by SIPC up to $250,000 (reducing the $500,000 above).

RBC Capital Markets, LLC, purchases an additional policy that offers coverage in excess of the protection provided by SIPC. This coverage covers lost securities and cash protection up to $99.5 million per client, of which $900,000 may be in cash in addition to the SIPC limit. A $400 million aggregate limit applies to this additional coverage.

Note: Neither SIPC protection, nor protection in excess of that offered by SIPC, covers a decline in the value of a client’s assets due to market loss. Additional information is available upon request or at www.sipc.org.

Products & services available

Through our relationship with RBC Clearing & Custody, our clients have access to products and services that allow investment flexibility.[1][1] These products and services include the following:

An Investment Access® Account, which provides unlimited check writing; a Visa Platinum® Debit Card; electronic access for direct deposits, withdrawals and systematic investments; and convenient borrowing through marginable securities;

Fee-based options that provide access to professional money managers; numerous mutual fund investments in one easy-to-manage account; and an account that can contain stocks, mutual funds and other investments;

Retirement plan accounts that range from individual plans (traditional and Roth IRAs) to business retirement plans, such as 401(k) and SIMPLE plans;

Fixed-income products, including government, municipal, corporate and mortgaged-backed securities;

Thousands of mutual funds from the country’s most prominent mutual fund families;

Comprehensive account statements with easy-to-read trade confirmations; and
An online tool for 24/7 access to client accounts that provides brokerage information, a daily market summary, company and mutual fund profiles, headline news, “most actives” on the market, quick charts, quotes — all the things needed to keep today’s investor up-to-date.