About us
American Trust Investment Services was incorporated in Whiting, Indiana in 1968. We are a boutique broker-dealer conveniently located 20 minutes south of the downtown Chicago financial district.
American Trust Investment Services provides investment advice and financial services to clients throughout the country with a primary focus in the Chicago and Northwest Indiana markets. Our areas of expertise include: asset allocation, retirement planning and professionally managed investment products.
Although fully-independent, we hold a clearing agreement with RBC, one of North America's leading financial services companies. This relationship allow us to offer a complete roster of world-class services at a local and personal level.
Our Relationship with RBC:
American Trust Investment Services has a contractual agreement with RBC Correspondent Services (RBC CS) to serve as our clearing firm. This fully disclosed agreement states the responsibilities of each party. Prior to the agreement becoming effective, RBC CS is responsible for making all disclosures to our firm's designated examining authority as required by NYSE Rule 382. Each client of our firm is notified of the relationship via a disclosure letter. The disclosure letter details the responsibilities that our firm (the introducing broker-dealer) and RBC CS (the clearing firm) have to the client. Although client assets are held by RBC Capital Markets Corporation, neither RBC Capital Markets Corporation nor RBC CS has responsibility for the financial condition or performance of our firm or our Financial Consultants. Our clearing firm, RBC Correspondent Services, is a division of RBC Capital Markets Corporation. RBC Capital Markets Corporation is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). SIPC is a nonprofit membership corporation funded by its member security broker-dealers. SIPC protects the securities clients of its members in the event of the failure of a member firm. SIPC reimburses clients the cash value of their securities up to $500,000 per client. Any cash in a client's account would be reimbursed by SIPC up to $100,000 (reducing the $500,000 above). RBC Capital Markets Corporation has purchased an additional policy that offers coverage in excess of the protection provided by SIPC. This coverage covers additional securities and cash protection up to $99.5 million per client, of which $900,000 may be in cash. A $400 million aggregate limit applies to this additional coverage. RBC Capital Markets Corporation also offers protection if a client