How your money is protected
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Your investments are held
separately from our operations
Wells Fargo Advisors provides a high As of , more than trillion of investable
assets were held in accounts at U.S. investment
level of safety for your investment firms.* The securities industry in the United States is
accounts due to the way we conduct our among the most heavily regulated in the world to
help ensure that investment accounts are a safe and
business, the safeguards of our industry accessible place for individuals, families and
businesses to place money they wish to invest. The
and the regulations to which we must Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the
adhere. These safeguards were primarily securities industry’s primary regulatory body.
developed to protect consumers, and A cornerstone of protection of client assets in
investment firms is the segregation of assets — that
thus ensure public confidence in the is, client assets are held separately from the assets of
the investment firm. This principle is laid out in the
financial system and maintain stability SEC’s Customer Protection Rule, which states that
in the financial industry. all fully paid client securities must be held
separately from the investment firm’s own assets
and are not available for firm use.
The rule ensures that if a investment firm
experiences losses, investor assets are not a ected.
The exception to this rule is if the investor has a
current loan from a margin account with the firm,
which can be established only under a written
agreement with the investor. If he or she has a
current loan from that margin account, the firm may
use some of the assets. Otherwise, investor funds
and investments must be kept separate from any of
the investment firm s assets, and the firm may not
use them for any purpose. In the rare event that a
investment firm fails, investors benefit from several
layers of protection.
* Booz & Company,

Industry measures protect Putting clients’ needs above all
against insolvency risks else, we provide exceptional service
based on trust and knowledge,
supported by one of the nation’s
SIPC protection largest investment firms.
Wells Fargo Advisors is a member of the Securities
Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), a non-profit,
congressionally chartered membership corporation
created in . SIPC protects clients against the About Lloyd’s of London
custodial risk of a member investment firm
Since its beginnings in the th century, Lloyd’s
becoming insolvent by replacing missing securities
of London has been a world leader in insurance
and cash up to , , including up to ,
markets, providing its services to businesses in a
in cash, per client in accordance with SIPC rules.
broad range of sectors. Currently, Standard & Poor’s
(Note that SIPC coverage is not the same as, nor is it
and Fitch Ratings have rated Lloyd’s credit as “A
a substitute for, FDIC deposit insurance; securities
(Strong) Stable Outlook,” and A.M. Best has given
purchased through Wells Fargo Advisors are not
Lloyd’s a credit rating of “A (Excellent) Stable
FDIC-insured.) For more information about SIPC,
Outlook.” For more information about Lloyd’s of
please visit sipc.org.
London, please visit lloyds.com.
Additional insurance coverage
The limits of SIPC and
we’re providing to our clients
Lloyd’s insurance coverage
Above and beyond SIPC coverage, Wells Fargo Please note that coverage provided by SIPC and
Advisors maintains additional insurance coverage Lloyd’s does not protect against the loss of market
through London Underwriters (led by Lloyd’s of value of securities. All coverage is subject to the
London Syndicate — referred to here as Lloyd’s ). For specific policy terms and conditions.
clients who have received the full SIPC payout limit,
Wells Fargo Advisors’s policy with Lloyd’s provides Increased FDIC insurance limits
additional coverage above the SIPC limits for any Current FDIC insurance covers a depositor for
missing securities and cash in client investment , , but through our convenient, automated
accounts up to a firm aggregate limit of billion service you get even more protection.
(including up to . million for cash per client). In At Wells Fargo Advisors, cash deposits are covered
other words, the aggregate amount of all client by FDIC insurance for a total of at least , if
losses covered under this policy is subject to a limit of you are enrolled in our Bank Deposit Sweep
billion, with each client covered up to . million Program.* Through this program, uninvested cash
for cash. balances (principal and interest) are automatically
deposited, or “swept,” into three a liate banks.
Depositors are covered for up to , per
owner at the first a liate bank, plus , per
account in each of the two additional a liate banks
– triple the coverage you would receive at one bank.
* Our current Bank Deposit Sweep program places no more than
$ , at each of the second and third affiliate banks, for a total
of $ , for individual accounts (higher for joint and trust/TOD
accounts depending on the number of owners/beneficiaries). Note
that this change does not impact IRAs/Roths.

For example: New, Unlimited FDIC Coverage
Individual accounts (i.e., one owner) – Cash sweep Additional FDIC coverage is available and is
deposits are insured up to $750,000. separate from the coverage available through the
Bank Deposit Sweep program in your Command or
Joint accounts (i.e., multiple owners) – Cash sweep standard investment accounts, which follow the
deposits are insured for up to $1 million in the case FDIC’s general deposit insurance rules. The
of two owners – plus an additional $250,000 for each Resource Account benefits from the FDIC’s
additional owner. Transaction Account Guarantee (TAG) program,
Trust/Transfer on Death (TOD) accounts – Cash which provides a temporary, unlimited guarantee on
sweep deposits are insured for up to , in the the deposits in this additional bank deposit sweep
case of one owner/one beneficiary – with additional account through Dec. , , as long as the
insurance coverage for each additional owner/ interest rate for this account is no higher than . .
beneficiary combination (e.g., with two owners and The Resource Account may be a suitable alternative
two beneficiaries, the total is . million). to Treasuries or Treasury-guaranteed investments,
since it o ers similar government protection,
Traditional and Roth IRAs† – Cash sweep deposits
comparable growth potential and greater liquidity.
continue to be insured for $250,000 at each of three
a liate banks for a total of $750,000.
These deposit insurance limits refer to the total
coverage that an account holder has at each a liate
bank, including any CDs.‡ The listing above shows
only the most common ownership categories that
apply to individual/family deposits and assumes
that all FDIC requirements are met. More informa-
tion on FDIC coverage is available at fdic.gov.
For further information regarding the Bank Deposit
Sweep Program, refer to the Cash Sweep Program Merger of Insured Banks
Disclosure Statement. A copy can be obtained from
your Financial Advisor or at www.wellsfargoadvisors. When two or more insured banks merge, the
com/cashsweep. deposits from the assumed bank continue to
†
For other self-retirement accounts, such as money purchase, (k) be insured separately for at least six months
and defined-contribution profit-sharing plans, the total coverage is after the merger, and even longer for some
also $ , .
CDs. This grace period gives a depositor the
‡ The temporary increase of FDIC insurance coverage to $ , for all opportunity to restructure his or her accounts
insurable capacities has been extended through Dec. , . If not further
extended, FDIC coverage will revert to $ , on Jan. , for all after the merger (if necessary), in order to
insurable capacities except IRAs and certain other self-directed retirement achieve the maximum coverage.
accounts and plans. Unless the increased coverage is extended, deposit
insurance coverage for CDs with a maturity date after Dec. , will
revert to the prior FDIC coverage on Jan. , , regardless of when you
purchased the CD. You should not rely on a possible extension of this
increased coverage in purchasing CDs.

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