Business Continuity Plan
Business Continuity Plan Customer Disclosure Statement
January 2022
Deer Isle Group, LLC1 (the “Company”) plans to quickly recover and resume business operations after a significant business disruption (“SBD”) and respond by safeguarding our employees and property, making a financial and operational assessment of the effects of the SBD, protecting the firm’s books and records, and resuming normal business activities. . In short, our company’s business continuity plan (the “BCP”) is designed to permit us to resume operations as quickly as possible, given the scope and severity of the SBD.
The BCP addresses data backup and recovery; all mission critical systems; financial and operational assessments; alternative communications with those we partner with, employees, and regulators; alternate physical location of employees; critical supplier, contractor, bank and counter-party impact; and regulatory reporting.
Independent from our books and records the product sponsor or issuer maintains all records related to your investments and account holdings and backs up important records in accordance with their own business continuity plan. For more information on their contingency plan, please contact the sponsor or issuer directly at the telephone number on your statements or offering documents provided by them or through their website.
Significant Business Disruptions: The BCP takes into account two kinds of Significant Business Disruptions: internal and external. Internal SBDs affect only the Company’s ability to communicate and do business, such as a fire or loss of electrical power in the office or building.
External SBDs prevent the operation of the securities markets or a number of securities firms, such as a terrorist attack, a natural disaster, or another event that causes a wide-scale, regional disruption in essential services.
Internal SBDs: In the event of a disruption in the Company’s business operations due to an internal SBD, the Company will attempt to continue to conduct business as usual by utilizing alternative communication methods (if available), such as the Internet, cell phones, etc., or by moving its operations to an alternate location(s).
Widespread Health Emergencies: A widespread pandemic or any biologically based threat could have significant impact on the ability of the Firm to continue conducting business. The Firm maintains policies to address and mitigate risk associated with health emergencies regarding its employees.
If personnel or operations must be moved to an alternate location, the Company anticipates that it will resume regular operations within 24 hours.
External SBDs: In the event of a disruption in the Company’s business operations due to an external SBD, the Company will attempt to continue to conduct business as usual by moving its operations to an alternate location(s) outside the affected area, if possible, or by providing customers with alternative communication arrangements, as indicated below.
The Company will attempt to resume business within 24-48 hours and to keep its customers informed regarding relevant events to the best of its ability based on the circumstances.
In all cases, the Company will resume normal business operations as soon as it is able to do so, based on the type and the extent of the disrupting event.
If the significant business disruption is so severe that it prevents us from remaining in business, we will notify our regulators promptly.
Communications: In the event you are unable to reach the Company at our main number, please proceed as follows:
- Contact the Company at the following email address, compliance@deerislecap.com
- Access the Company’s website at deerislegroup.com.
- Contact FINRA’s District office at the following telephone number for more information on the company’s status and additional instructions: (212) 858-4000.
Contact information: Any questions regarding the Company’s Business Continuity Plan should be addressed to: the Chief Compliance Officer, compliance@deerislecap.com.
[1] Inclusive of Deer Isle Capital, LLC and Deer Isle Financial, LLC
