Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 2020
We are committed to protecting your privacy. Our website is a great way to find out more about our services, access informative articles, market information and financial calculators. We will not collect any personal, identifiable information without their knowledge. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some, but not all, sharing of personal information. Federal law also requires us to tell the investor how we collect, share, and protect their personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
Obtaining Information
PJL Investments collects personal information about you to help us serve your financial needs, process transactions in their account(s), provide customer service, offer new products or services, and fulfill legal and regulatory requirements.
PJL Investments collects nonpublic personal information from you, as well as from other sources. The sources and the information collected may include:
Information you may provide to us, to our affiliated entities, or to your advisor on applications and related forms, through discussions with our customer service staff, or on our website, such as address, social security number, birth date, net worth, assets, income, and medical information, if applying for insurance. Information regarding your transaction history with us, such as products or services purchased, account balances, trading history, and payment history, as well as information from information service companies and consumer reporting agencies, such as their transactions or credit relationships with unaffiliated third parties. Information from other unaffiliated third parties, including employers, associations, benefit plan sponsors, and other institutions, if the investor transfer positions or funds to Emerson Equity LLC, such as address, social security number, net worth, assets, and income.
Sharing information
We may disclose any of the nonpublic personal information that we collect about you, as required to conduct our business and as permitted or required by law. We may share information about our customers with our affiliated insurance company and/or with unaffiliated financial or nonfinancial services providers, such as insurance companies, broker/dealers, investment advisors, mutual fund companies, banks, investment firms, third-party administrators, clearing firms, retirement plan sponsors, and other third parties who assist us in obtaining business or providing account maintenance or customer service to your account(s). In addition, we may share some or all of the information we collect with other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements. Furthermore, we also may share their information with auditors, regulators, and law enforcement organizations or in response to a subpoena or discovery request, as permitted or required by law.
We do not sell, share, or disclose their nonpublic personal information to unaffiliated third-party marketing companies.
Opting in
If you live in an “opt-in” state, where we are required to obtain their affirmative consent to share your nonpublic personal information with unaffiliated third parties who do not currently assist us in servicing your account or conducting our business, we are required to obtain your consent. Please note: You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting the Compliance department at 650-312-0200. In addition, please see below for “Important Information for California and Vermont Residents.”
Opting out
If you do not want us to take your information with us should we decide to leave Emerson Equity LLC in the future, you have the right to opt out of such disclosure. If you have a joint account, we will treat an opt-out direction by a joint customer as applying to all associated joint customers.
Cookies
Cookies are very small files placed onto the hard drive of your computer the first time you visit our website that enable our server to recognize who you are the next time you come back. Contrary to popular belief, cookies do not extract private or personal information from their computer’s memory; rather, they record only information relating to their visit to our site. PJL Investments uses cookies to track usage of the website and to address security issues. We may also use cookies to store your preferences relating to use of our website. If you do not want to allow our website to place a cookie on your computer, you can change your browser’s settings to deny cookies; however, this may affect your experience with certain features of our website.
Safeguarding privacy
PJL Investments recognizes the need to prevent unauthorized access to the information we collect, including information held in electronic format. PJL Investments authorizes access to your nonpublic personal information only to parties with whom we have executed confidentiality/nondisclosure agreements and who need that information to serve you or to assist us in conducting our operations. We maintain physical, electronic, procedural, and contractual safeguards regarding their nonpublic personal information to ensure that we comply with our own policy, industry practices, and federal and state regulations. And we train our employees in the proper handling of sensitive information. If you decide to close your account(s) or become an inactive customer, we will adhere to the privacy policies and practices as described in this notice.
Questions
PJL Investments privacy protections apply automatically to all of our clients and former clients. If you have any questions, please contact us at INSERT PJ ADDRESS AND PHONE.
Important information for California and Vermont residents
California residents: For accounts with a California mailing address, we will not share your personal information with a financial company for joint marketing purposes except as required or permitted by law.
Vermont residents: For accounts with a Vermont mailing address, we will not share your creditworthiness information with our affiliates except as required or permitted by law. For joint marketing with other financial companies, we will disclose only your name, contact information, and information about your transactions, unless otherwise required or permitted by law.
Securities are not FDIC- or NCUA-insured; not guaranteed by any bank, credit union, or government agency; and are subject to risk, including potential loss of principal invested.
FINRA BROKERCHECK — PJ Lynch
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All investments involve risk. Outcomes are not guaranteed.
PJL Investments and Emerson Equity LLC do not provide legal or tax advice. Securities and advisory services offered through Emerson Equity LLC, member FINRA, SIPC and a state Registered Investment Advisor. Emerson and PJL Investments are not affiliated.
1031 Risk Disclosure:
- There is no guarantee that any strategy will be successful or achieve investment objectives;
- Potential for property value loss – All real estate investments have the potential to lose value during the life of the investments;
- Change of tax status – The income stream and depreciation schedule for any investment property may affect the property owner’s income bracket and/or tax status. An unfavorable tax ruling may cancel deferral of capital gains and result in immediate tax liabilities;
- Potential for foreclosure – All financed real estate investments have potential for foreclosure; ·Illiquidity – Because 1031 exchanges are commonly offered through private placement offerings and are illiquid securities. There is no secondary market for these investments;
- Reduction or Elimination of Monthly Cash Flow Distributions – Like any investment in real estate, if a property unexpectedly loses tenants or sustains substantial damage, there is potential for suspension of cash flow distributions;
- Impact of fees/expenses – Costs associated with the transaction may impact investors’ returns and may outweigh the tax benefits
No offer to buy or sell securities is being made. Such offers may only be made to qualified accredited investors via private placement memorandum. Risks detailed in a private placement memorandum should be carefully reviewed, understood and considered before making such an investment. Prospective strategies and products used in any tax advantaged investment planning should be reviewed independently with their tax and legal advisors. Changes to the tax code and other regulatory revisions could have a negative impact upon strategies developed and recommendations made. Past performance and/or forward looking statements are never an assurance of future results.
Many of the investments offered will be only available to those investors meeting the definition of an Accredited Investor under SEC Rule 501(A) and offered as Regulation D private placement securities via a Private Placement Memorandum (“PPM”). Prospective investors must receive, read and understand all of the risks associated with buying private placement securities. Investments are not guaranteed or FDIC insured and risks may include but are not limited to illiquidity, no guarantee of income or guarantee that all tax advantages or objectives will be met and complete loss of principal investment could occur.
Risk Disclosure: Alternative investment products, including real estate investments, notes & debentures, hedge funds and private equity, involve a high degree of risk, often engage in leveraging and other speculative investment practices that may increase the risk of investment loss, can be highly illiquid, are not required to provide periodic pricing or valuation information to investors, may involve complex tax structures and delays in distributing important tax information, are not subject to the same regulatory requirements as mutual funds, often charge high fees which may offset any trading profits, and in many cases the underlying investments are not transparent and are known only to the investment manager. Alternative investment performance can be volatile. An investor could lose all or a substantial amount of his or her investment. Often, alternative investment fund and account managers have total trading authority over their funds or accounts; the use of a single advisor applying generally similar trading programs could mean lack of diversification and, consequently, higher risk. There is often no secondary market for an investor’s interest in alternative investments, and none is expected to develop. There may be restrictions on transferring interests in any alternative investment. Alternative investment products often execute a substantial portion of their trades on non-U.S. exchanges. Investing in foreign markets may entail risks that differ from those associated with investments in U.S. markets. Additionally, alternative investments often entail commodity trading, which involves substantial risk of loss. NO OFFER OR SOLICITATION: The contents of this website: (i) do not constitute an offer of securities or a solicitation of an offer to buy of securities, and (ii) may not be relied upon in making an investment decision related to any investment offering by PJL Investments, Emerson Equity LLC, or any affiliate, or partner thereof. PJL Investments does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein.