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Ted Cox, CFA (Year <strong>of</strong> birth – 1966)<br />

<strong>Item</strong> 2 Educational Background and Business Experience<br />

Mr. Cox received his Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Arts degree from Cornell University and his Master’s <strong>of</strong> Business Administration<br />

from Columbia University.<br />

Mr. Cox, currently a Senior Vice President – Investment Consulting, joined Rochdale in 2001 and has 20 years <strong>of</strong><br />

diversified financial industry experience. Located in Richmond, VA, he is responsible for business development<br />

throughout the Southeast.<br />

Prior to Rochdale, Mr. Cox spent twelve years at Marsh & McLennan as a managing account executive in the<br />

reinsurance division. In this role, Mr. Cox was an advisor to senior executives <strong>of</strong> client insurance companies on<br />

financial management strategies.<br />

Mr. Cox holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) designation. This designation is issued by the CFA<br />

Institute. The prerequisites or experience required is an undergraduate degree, 4 years <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional experience<br />

involving investment decision making or 4 years <strong>of</strong> full-time qualified non-investment related work experience. It is<br />

a self-study program, approximately 250 recommended hours <strong>of</strong> study for each <strong>of</strong> the 3 levels. All three levels are<br />

then achieved through a course exam. There are no continuing education requirements.<br />

<strong>Item</strong> 3 Disciplinary Information<br />

Registered investment advisers are required to disclose all material facts regarding any legal or disciplinary events<br />

that would be material to your evaluation <strong>of</strong> each supervised person providing investment advice.<br />

There are no legal or disciplinary events to report relative to Mr. Cox.<br />

<strong>Item</strong> 4 Other Business Activities<br />

Mr. Cox is an owner <strong>of</strong> Acebes, D’Alessandro and Associates (“ADA”), the controlling member <strong>of</strong> Rochdale and<br />

affiliates, thus Mr. Cox receives a portion <strong>of</strong> ADA’s earnings.<br />

<strong>Item</strong> 5 Additional Compensation<br />

In addition to salary, Mr. Cox may receive additional compensation from the firm based on the assets he brings to<br />

the firm and the fees collected by the firm on those assets. Mr. Cox may also receive compensation from fees<br />

collected from Rochdale products.<br />

As an owner, Mr. Cox also receives a portion <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>its earned by the firm.<br />

<strong>Item</strong> 6 Supervision<br />

Rochdale’s Chief Executive Officer Garrett D’ Alessandro and Chief Compliance Officer, Barbara Hawkesworth,<br />

Esq. supervise and monitor the activities <strong>of</strong> Mr. Cox as it relates to the <strong>Firm</strong> and its clients. Such is done through<br />

various channels including the review <strong>of</strong> documents related to his clients and monitoring <strong>of</strong> accounts through<br />

automated reports generated directly to the Compliance Department. The <strong>Firm</strong>’s Chief Compliance Officer, Barbara<br />

Hawkesworth may be contacted at 212-702-3500.

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