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Brill Securities, Inc.’s Business
Continuity Plan Disclosure
Brill Securities, Inc. 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 as you usually do at 212-957-5700
or 800-933-0800 or brownn@brillsec.com
, you should go to our web site at www.brillsec.com
. If you cannot access us through either of those means, you should
contact our clearing firm, J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp., at 212-552-1919
for liquidating orders, check and wire requests, and ACAT transfers only.
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; regulatory reporting; and assuring
our customers prompt access to their funds and securities if we
are unable to continue our business.
Our clearing firm, J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp., backs up their 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 clearing firm that its objective is to restore its own operations and be able to complete existing transactions, J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. will not accept any new orders, only liquidating orders and payments within 4 to 12 hours. Your orders and requests for funds and securities could be delayed during this period.
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 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 hours.
In either situation, we plan to continue in business, transfer operations
to our clearing firm if necessary, and notify you through our web
site www.brillsec.com or our
customer emergency number, 212-628-7972 how to contact us.
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 can contact us at 212-957-5700
or brownn@brillsec.com
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