their investments and beyond. That's why we've selected Ridge Clearing & Outsourcing Service Inc. to provide us with execution and clearing services. Being able to depend on a top-tier clearing firm enables our representatives to service clients with confidence.

Ridge Clearing & Outsourcing Solutions, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. Ridge Clearing & Outsourcing provides full-scale execution, clearing and business enhancement services for broker-dealers nationwide and abroad. Our correspondents include some of the industry's most prominent financial service providers.

Ridge Clearing provides Quest Capital an expansive mutual fund roster (including no transaction fee "NTF" funds), a variety of Retirement Plans, comprehensive cash management services, brand name institutional quality research, and access to fee-based advisory products.

As a member of Euroclear, Cedel and the Citibank Global Custodian Clearance Network, Ridge Clearing also offers Quest Capital extensive international clearing capabilities including multi-currency confirm and statement reporting.

The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) provides $500,000 of net equity protection, including $100,000 for claims for cash awaiting reinvestment ("SIPC coverage"). Visit www.sipc.org for more information about SIPC coverage. Account protection applies when a SIPC member firm fails financially and is unable to meet obligations to securities clients. However, it does not protect against losses from the rise and fall in the market value of investments, and does not cover all assets.

In addition, Ridge Clearing has arranged supplemental account protection for the net equity of a customer's securities positions, through Customer Asset Protection Company (CAPCO), a licensed Vermont insurer which provides "Excess SIPC" protection. Please visit www.capcoexcess.com for additional information.

Quest Capital Strategies is unique within the broker-dealer industry in that we do not carry proprietary products for our representatives to sell. Because our registered representatives are tasked with identifying investment opportunities that best suit their clients' goals and objectives, our relationship with Ridge Clearing is particularly valuable to us. Ridge Clearing's product menu includes a mutual fund system featuring more than 3,000 funds, a comprehensive no-transaction-fee program, and periodic investments and withdrawals. Ridge Clearing is the custodian for a variety of Retirement Plan accounts and offers to Quest Capital access to asset management accounts, fee-based managed money programs, equity research and flexible electronic funds transfer services.

To view Ridge Clearing's Statement of Financial Condition and Order Routing Report, visit http://www.ridgeclearing.com/index.asp