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Acorns Advisers LLC’s Business Continuity Planning 

Revised: November 2020

 

Acorn Advisers LLC has developed a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) 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 (949) 220-0742, you should call our alternative number, (630) 207-6346 or go to our website at www.acorns.com. 

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 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.  Acorns Advisers uses Acorns Securities as the carrying firm for  clients’ accounts. Acorns Advisers’ clients agree to direct brokerage in their accounts with Acorns Securities. In turn, Acorns Securities contracts with RBC, an independent clearing firm, to execute, clear, and settle trades on an omnibus basis. Our clearing firm, RBC Correspondent Clearing, backs up our 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 and accept new transactions and payments within the next business day. 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 1-2 business days. 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 2-3 business days. In either situation, we plan to continue in business, transfer operations to our clearing firm if necessary, and notify you through our website, www.acorns.com or our customer emergency number (630) 207-6346 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 (949) 220-0742 or compliance@acorns.com

 

Acorns Securities LLC’s Business Continuity Planning 

Revised: November 2020

 

Acorn Securities LLC has developed a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) 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 (949) 220-0742, you should call our alternative number, (630) 207-6346 or go to our website at www.acorns.com. If you cannot access us through either of those means, you should contact our clearing firm, RBC Correspondent Clearing at (888) 462-1816 or www.rbc.com for instructions on how it may access to omnibus funds and securities, enter orders and process other trade-related services. 

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 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. Our clearing firm, RBC Correspondent Clearing, backs up our 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 and accept new transactions and payments within the next business day. 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 1-2 business days. 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 2-3 business days. In either situation, we plan to continue in business, transfer operations to our clearing firm if necessary, and notify you through our website, www.acorns.com or our customer emergency number (630) 207-6346 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 (949) 220-0742 or compliance@acornssecurities.com

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