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BARRY MURPHY & COMPANY BUSINESS CONTINUITY STATEMENT
At Barry Murphy & Company, we know you rely on our systems and services for a range of financial and investment needs. We also recognize that unpredictable events beyond our control may interrupt normal business.
We want to assure you that we have established contingency and disaster recovery plans, as outlined below. Please contact us at any time to receive the most recent version of our Business Continuity Statement. In the event of a Significant Business Disruption (SBD), we expect to remain operational and accessible.
Our firms policy is to respond to any major disruption by safeguarding employees lives, assessing financial and operational status, quickly recovering and resuming operations, protecting the firms books and records, and allowing our customers to transact business with minimal delay or inconvenience. In the unlikely event that we are unable to continue our business, we will assure customers prompt access to their funds and securities.
Barry Murphy & Company is a division of StockCross Financial Services, Inc. As such, we have immediate access to the trading capabilities of StockCross, should it be necessary. Orders can be directed to the trading desk of StockCross in Boston or Beverly Hills, CA.
In the event of a localized disaster, StockCross Financial Services has the ability to take advantage of bi-coastal functionality. Offices in Boston and Beverly Hills have been designed and staffed to provide complete mirroring of all systems.
StockCross Financial Services is located at 77 Summer Street, Boston, MA, 800-225-6196 and 9494 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA, 310-385-0948.
Please visit HYPERLINK "http://www.stockcross.com" www.stockcross.com for additional details.
Barry Murphy & Company does not perform any type of clearing function for itself.
Most transactions are sent to our clearing firm, National Financial Services LLC (NFS).
NFS is located at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA. The main contact is Mary Lou Cavanaugh, at 617-563-2060.
NFS has provided the following information regarding their recovery plan as it may affect Barry Murphy & Company:
Contingency Planning and Business Recovery
Our clearing firm mitigates risks to reduce potential issues and impact. In the event of an outage, our clearing firm has tested plans to support recovery of its critical business functions.
Backup Power The clearing firm is located at sites that support trading and operations in buildings with Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) and backup generators.
Separate Sites Our clearing firm is located in two primary locations in separate cities, and has additional offices for certain trading and relationship support functions. These separate sites provide backup for certain critical functions.
Contingencies for Inclement Weather If there is a forecasted weather emergency, hotel rooms are obtained for essential clearing firm personnel. If the weather emergency could result in an inability to access the primary site, the alternate site would be prepared for use and personnel would be sent there prior to the event. A number of personnel have remote access so they can work from home. Employees can access phone mail and e-mail messages remotely.
Designated Contingency Site There are pre-established, tested processes for rerouting of critical phone numbers. In the event of a site outage, Barry Murphy should experience minimal downtime in their ability to contact our clearing firm, NFS.
Alternate Site Tests the clearing firm conducts alternate site tests for its critical functions at least twice per year.
Notification to Clients Procedures for notifying Barry Murphy & Company have been established by our clearing firm in the event of an outage. Notification will include information regarding length of outage, instructions for contacting NFS, and support information.
Regulatory Reporting The clearing firms business contingency plans are designed to ensure that, regardless of the length of an outage at a primary location, NFSs ability to continue to meet regulatory requirements, as mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, NYSE, and NASD, would not be impacted.
Communications With Regulators The clearing firm will communicate with its regulatory authorities regarding the nature and extent of any significant outage at a primary location, as required by applicable law and regulation.
Access to Your Funds A site outage at NFS would not impact Barry Murphys customers access to their available funds. NFS has tested business continuity plans that include necessary personnel being available to disburse available funds.
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