Disclosures
1. State Securities Registrations
1st BridgeHouse Securities, LLC is currently registered for securities brokerage business with residents of: California, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia.
If you are not a resident of one of the above states, we will not be able to share investment and related services information with you at this time. Should you desire information on ways in which 1st BridgeHouse Securities, LLC may help you with your financial services interests, please feel free to contact us with your details. We may be able to refer you to a representative or company in your area or we may become registered in your state, at which time we would be able to discuss how our services may meet your needs.
2. Our Business Continuity Plan
1st Bridgehouse Securities, LLC has developed a Business Continuity Plan on how we will respond to events that significantly disrupt our business. Since the timing and impact of disasters and disruptions is 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 in our office in Coral Gables, Fl. as you usually do by calling (305) 669-5000, then you should call our alternative phone number at (786) 375-5644.
Our Business Continuity Plan
We plan to quickly recover and resume business operations after a significant business disruption and 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 back up 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 and regulatory reporting.
Our business partners back up important records in a geographically separate area. While every emergency situation poses unique problems based on external factors, such as time of day and the severity of the disruption, we have been advised by our product partners that their objectives are to restore their own operations.
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 a disruption to only our firm or a building housing our firm, we will transfer our operations to a local site when needed and expect to recover and resume business within 24 hours. In a disruption affecting our business district, city, or region, we will transfer our operations to a site outside of the affected area, and recover and resume business within 24 hours. In either situation, we plan to continue in business and notify you how to contact us. If the significant business disruption is so severe that it prevents us from remaining in business, we will notify you of that determination.
If you have any questions regarding our Business Continuity Plan or if you would like a copy of the complete plan document, please email Howard B. Landers, President, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
3. AML Notification
Under the USA PATRIOT Act and other regulations, 1st BridgeHouse Securities, LLC must establish a compliance program, which includes policies and procedures to detect and report suspicious transactions to the government, as well as ensure compliance with the laws. 1st BridgeHouse Securities, LLC must also implement specialized employee training programs, designate an anti-money laundering compliance officer and conduct independent testing of the effectiveness of the program. An anti-money laundering officer has been appointed to direct the program. Our employees are trained in anti-money laundering practices and procedures and the details of the firm’s policies.
The regulations have also imposed new requirements on client information and verification of that information. 1st BridgeHouse Securities, LLC is required to verify the identity of the clients with whom we do business, determine the source of funds in a client’s account and obtain the information about a client’s financial status. As part of our compliance with these new regulations and in support of the fight against money laundering around the world, we may ask clients for additional information and documentation about certain accounts and transactions. This information may be used to verify client identity.
4. Email Disclosure
1st BridgeHouse reserves the right to monitor all email communications through their networks. All emails sent, from, or within the 1st BridgeHouse corporate email system may be retained, monitored and/or reviewed. Questions regarding this policy may be sent to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
5. FINRA Member Firm
1st BridgeHouse Securities, LLC is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). For more information about FINRA please see www.FINRA.org.
6. SIPC Member Firm
1st BridgeHouse Securities, LLC is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). For more information about SIPC please see www.SIPC.org.