Overview
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL
- Average Client Assets
- $15.5 million
- Minimum Account Size
- $2,000,000
- SEC CRD Number
- 140754
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (CCP MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT BROCHURE)
| Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | $15,000,000 | 0.32% |
| $15,000,001 | $50,000,000 | 0.27% |
| $50,000,001 | $100,000,000 | 0.24% |
| $100,000,001 | and above | Negotiable |
Illustrative Fee Rates
| Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | Below minimum client size | |
| $5 million | $16,000 | 0.32% |
| $10 million | $32,000 | 0.32% |
| $50 million | $142,500 | 0.28% |
| $100 million | $262,500 | 0.26% |
Clients
- HNW Share of Firm Assets
- 100.00%
- Total Client Accounts
- 53
- Discretionary Accounts
- 53
Services Offered
Services: Portfolio Management for Individuals
Regulatory Filings
Additional Brochure: CCP MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT BROCHURE (2026-03-16)
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Cypress Capital Partners, LLC
980 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1585
Chicago, IL 60611
312-397-9090
March 16, 2026
Contact Information: Andrea Hosbein
William Laughridge
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
Cypress Capital Partners, LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of this
brochure, please contact us at 312-397-9090 or at info@cypresscapitalpartners.net. The
information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Cypress Capital Partners, LLC is also available on the
SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Cypress Capital Partners, LLC is a registered investment adviser with the SEC.
Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
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ITEM 2 - MATERIAL CHANGES
There were no material changes made to this Brochure since the last annual ADV filing
on March 16, 2025. Cypress Capital Partners, LLC has updated the brochure to more
comprehensively address the items.
Our Brochure may be requested by contacting William Laughridge at 312-397-9090.
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ITEM 1 – COVER PAGE
ITEM 2 – MATERIAL CHANGES
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ITEM 3 - TABLE Of CONTENTS
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ITEM 4 - ADVISORY BUSINESS
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ITEM 5 - FEES AND COMPENSATION
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ITEM 6 - PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE
MANAGEMENT
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ITEM 7 -TYPES OF CLIENTS
ITEM8 - METHODS OFANALYSIS, INVESTMENTSTRATEGIES
AND RISK OF LOSS 5
ITEM 9 - DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
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ITEM 10 - OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND
AFFILIATIONS
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ITEM11 - CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN
CLIENT TRANSACTIONS AND PERSONAL TRADING 7
ITEM 12 - BROKERAGE PRACTICES
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ITEM 13 - REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
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ITEM14 - CLIENT REFERRALSAND OTHERCOMPENSATION
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ITEM15 – CUSTODY
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ITEM 16 – INVESTMENT DISCRETION
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ITEM 17 - VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
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ITEM 18 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM 19 - REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE REGISTERED
ADVISERS
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PART 2B
ITEM 4 - ADVISORY BUSINESS
Cypress Capital Partners, (“CCP”) is a professional investment advisor, founded in 2006,
specializing in municipal bond portfolio management. From our office in Chicago, Illinois,
Cypress Capital Partners is positioned to serve a diverse national client base, such as
corporate executives, small business owner and other high net worth individuals.
Our mission is to create customized municipal bond portfolios based upon each client’s
objectives, goals, liquidity, income and tax status while maximizing after-tax returns.
Using a systematic, proactive approach, our goal is to produce taxable or tax-exempt
income, preserve capital and reduce the client’s overall portfolio risk. Cypress Capital
Partners will identify customized solutions designated to meet the client’s investment
needs, while emphasizing the maximization of after-tax returns.
CCP also provides investment advice and trading support to another registered investment
advisor.
Cypress Capital Partners, LLC was established in 2006 and is wholly owned by
management. The principal owners of Cypress Capital Partners, LLC are Cheryl
Laughridge (50%), Andrea Hosbein (25%) and William Laughridge (25%).
As of January 1, 2026, Cypress Capital Partners managed approximately $464,414,004 in
regulatory assets under management on a discretionary basis.
ITEM 5 - FEES AND COMPENSATION
Cypress Capital Partners, LLC charges the client a fee based upon the assets under
management.
The fee structure based upon assets under management is as follows:
$2,000,000 to $14,999,999
0.32%
$15,000,000 to $49,999,999
0.27%
$50,000,000 to $99,999,999
0.24%
The services included with the fee are as follows:
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The fee includes professional investment management, including research
and security selection.
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Regular comprehensive reporting
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Access to accounts via the custodian’s website
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Tax reporting and monitoring of capital gains and losses
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The fee is billed quarterly and payable at the end of the quarter for the management
services provided (in arrears). The fee is calculated on the market value of the assets
under management and is adjusted to reflect additional funds contributed or withdrawn
during the quarter. CCP allows the client to decide whether the fee is automatically
deducted from their account at the safekeeping firm or whether they would prefer to remit
a check for their fee.
On occasion, special requirements of the client result in advisory contracts with terms or
fee arrangements differing from those set forth in CCP’s standard fee arrangement. This
includes situations in which the fee may be negotiated.
CCP’s fees are exclusive of transaction fees, and other related costs and expenses which
shall be incurred by the client. In addition to CCP’s fees, clients may incur certain
charges imposed by custodians such as wire transfer fees.
ITEM 6 - PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE
MANAGEMENT
CCP does not engage in performance-based fee arrangements.
ITEM 7 -TYPES OF CLIENTS
Cypress Capital Partner’s clients are high net worth individuals.
ITEM8 - METHODS OFANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
AND RISK OF LOSS
Research Process
CCP’s investment philosophy emphasizes the selection of securities for client portfolios by
means of fundamental analysis. Based on the nature of the prospects for the issuing
municipality, which may be assessed by reference to its prior financial history and CCP’s
knowledge of the region, CCP will reach a judgment on the value of the municipal relative
to its current price.
Municipal Fixed Income
CCP’s fixed income philosophy is founded on the belief that excess returns are achieved
by investing in municipalities that offer relative value within the context of current pricing
and CCP’s top-down forecast. For municipal bond portfolios, CCP’s emphasis is on
segments of the yield curve that offer strong risk/reward characteristics and capture
trading inefficiencies unique to the municipal bond market.
Investment Restrictions
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Concentration limits on investments may be imposed to maintain a desired level of
diversification in client portfolios. These limits include security‐specific limits, state
concentration limits.
Principal Investment Risks
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. While
CCP’s investment approaches are designed to mitigate risk, there is no guarantee that
clients will not lose money. Following are the various types of risk that may be present
depending on the level of exposure the strategy has to a particular type of investment:
Market Risk
The price of a bond may drop in reaction to tangible and intangible events and conditions.
This type of risk is caused by external factors independent of a security’s particular
underlying circumstances. For example, political, economic, and social conditions may
trigger market events.
Issuer Risk
The price of any security issued by a municipality may drop in reaction to events and
conditions that impact the finances of a particular credit, state, or region. For example,
changes in elected officials or tax structure.
Interest-rate Risk
Fluctuations in interest rates may cause prices of fixed income securities to fluctuate. For
example, when interest rates rise, yields on existing bonds become less attractive, causing
their market values to decline.
Credit (Default) Risk
The owner of a fixed income security may lose money if the issuer is unable or unwilling
to make timely principal and/or interest payments or to otherwise honor its payment
obligations. Further, when an issuer suffers adverse changes in its financial condition or
credit rating, the price of its debt obligations may decline and/or experience greater
volatility. These adverse changes can also affect the liquidity of an issuer’s debt securities
and make them more difficult to sell.
Prepayment Risk
When the issuer of a fixed income security has the right to prepay principal, if it exercises
that right earlier or at a higher rate than expected, an investor may incur losses from being
unable to recoup the initial investment and/or from having to reinvest in loweryielding
securities. This can have an adverse effect on income, total return and/or price of the
security. Prepayment risk tends to be highest in periods of declining interest rates.
Housing bonds and BABs are subject to prepayment risk.
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Reinvestment Risk
This is the risk that future proceeds from investments may have to be reinvested at a
potentially lower rate of return (e.g., interest rate).
Liquidity Risk
Liquidity is the ability to readily convert an investment into cash. The less liquid an asset
is, the greater the risk that, if circumstances require an investor to sell the asset quickly, it
will be sold at a price below fair value. Generally, an asset is more liquid if it represents a
standardized product or security and there are many traders interested in making a market
in that product or security.
Inflation Risk
When any type of inflation is present, a dollar today will not buy as much as a dollar next
year, because purchasing power is eroding at the rate of inflation.
Counterparty Risk
The institutions (such as banks) and prime brokers with which a manager do business, or
to which securities have been entrusted for custodial purposes, could encounter financial
difficulties. This could impair the operational capabilities or the capital position of a
manager or create unanticipated trading risks.
ITEM 9 - DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
Neither the Firm nor any employees are subject to any legal or disciplinary proceedings.
ITEM 10 - OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND
AFFILIATIONS
No persons employed at Cypress Capital Partners, LLC are registered representatives of a
broker-dealer nor are they registered as a futures commission merchant, commodity pool
operator or a commodity trading advisor or an associated person with any such entities.
No conflicting relationships exist between CCP and any other financial entity or person.
CCP does not select or recommend other financial advisors for its clients.
ITEM 11 - CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN
CLIENT TRANSACTIONS AND PERSONAL TRADING
Cypress Capital Partners, LLC has a Code of Ethics in place to which all employees are
subject. The objective of the Code of Ethics is to ensure that employees do not engage in
insider trading or purchase or sell securities in their personal accounts that would in any
way conflict with transactions executed on behalf of the Firm’s clients. All employees are
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required to submit copies of brokerage and any other investment accounts in which they
have a beneficial for review by the Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer.
All securities transactions must be reviewed by Bill Laughridge, Chief Compliance
Officer to assure that appropriate priority and consideration has been given to client
accounts and that no conflict exists in regard to employee personal investments.
is available upon
request
from Bill Laughridge at
Our Code of Ethics
wlaughridge@cypresscapitalpartners.net
ITEM 12 - BROKERAGE PRACTICES
CCP seeks best execution in all securities transactions executed through the network of
municipal brokers and dealers with which the Firm has relationships. Generally, the price
at which a security is purchased or sold, and the charges associated with transactions are
indicative, but not determinative, of best execution.
A broker or dealer that offers the lowest cost securities is not necessarily the broker or
dealer that provides best execution. CCP seeks to execute securities transactions for
clients in such a manner that clients’ total cost in each transaction is most favorable and,
in selecting brokers or dealers, considers the factors it deems relevant including:
• Availability of suitable securities.
• The nature and character of the security or instrument being traded and the existing and
expected activity in the markets in which the security or instrument is purchased or sold.
• The desired timing of the transaction.
• The Firm’s knowledge of market levels of comparable securities and prevailing bid/ask
spreads.
• A broker’s or dealer’s capital strength and stability, its execution, clearance and settlement
capabilities, and the reasonableness of the prices offered for specific securities.
• The quality and extent of the research services provided by the broker or dealer.
• A broker’s or dealer’s responsiveness and the full range of services provided are also
factors considered in selecting transaction counterparties.
CCP does not engage in any soft dollar arrangements (i.e. using commissions or markups
as payment for investment related products). CCP does not engage in any arrangements
where commissions or any transaction related charges are used to compensate brokers or
dealers or any other entities for client referrals. CCP generally does not accept accounts
requiring directed brokerage arrangements. The disparate nature of the municipal market
requires that the Firm have the flexibility to utilize any broker or dealer that offers
securities suitable for use in client accounts and the ability to seek to attain most favorable
pricing when securities are purchased or sold.
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In the unlikely event a client directs the use of a particular broker-dealer, there can be no
assurance that the desired securities will be available, or the most favorable price or
execution will be achieved. Newly purchased securities are allocated at the Firm’s
discretion among accounts with the objective of attaining equitable allocations on an
overall basis. Individual portfolio characteristics such as duration relative to target level,
representation in strategies utilized by the Firm, existing holdings of an issuer’s securities
and state and alternative minimum tax considerations are considered when making
allocations. If a portion of a block of bonds held in several accounts is sold, accounts chosen
to participate in the sale will be based on account portfolio structures relative to target
levels, capital gains considerations and state tax implications.
The Firm does not swap bonds between non-related accounts.
ITEM 13 - REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
All accounts are reviewed at least quarterly on a holding-by-holding basis to assure that
portfolios are adequately diversified and structured in accord with the Firm’s duration
targets for the accounts. Reviews of credit are ongoing. All clients are asked at least
annually regarding account beneficiaries’ state of residence, whether they are subject to the
alternative minimum tax and whether long and short-term capital gains and losses have
been realized in other components of their overall portfolios that might influence the Firm’s
trading strategies.
Cypress Capital Partners, LLC sends clients quarterly reports that provide listings of
assets managed at quarter end, average purchase yield to maturity, investment
performance and investment management fees charged.
Item 14 - CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
CCP does not compensate, either directly or indirectly, any person for client referrals.
ITEM 15 - CUSTODY
CCP does not custody any client assets. All client assets are held by a qualified custodian.
Accordingly, clients should be receiving monthly statements from a qualified custodian.
CCP prepares and delivers to all clients’ valuations of their accounts quarterly, showing
cash and all currently held investments categorized by maturity market value and unit cost.
Clients may request more frequent or detailed reports in accordance with their individual
needs. CCP has a reasonable belief that the custodian is sending statements in accordance
with SEC’s Custody Rule. Reports or statements produced by the Firm are provided to
clients. The client is urged to compare the information provided by CCP with the statements
provided by the custodian.
ITEM 16 – INVESTMENT DISCRETION
Accounts are only accepted on a discretionary basis on behalf of clients. Authority to act
on clients’ behalf is granted through the Firm’s investment advisory agreement.
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Reasonable client restrictions regarding credit quality, liquidity parameters or types of
securities can be incorporated into the Firm’s investment process.
ITEM 17 - VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
Proxies are not applicable to securities issued by municipal entities or by the U.S.
government or its agencies. Therefore, the Firm does not vote proxies and does not have a
policy regarding proxies.
ITEM 18 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
CCP has no financial commitment that impairs its ability to meet contractual and
fiduciary commitments to clients and has not been the subject of a bankruptcy
proceeding.
ITEM 19 – REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE REGISTERED
ADVISERS
Not applicable.
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Part 2B of Form ADV
BrochureSupplement
March 16, 2026
CypressCapitalPartners, LLC
Chicago, IL 60611
312-397-9090
This brochure supplement provides information about William Laughridge, Andrea
Hosbein and Cheryl Laughridge that supplements the attached Cypress Capital Partners,
LLC Brochure.
Please contact William Laughridge, Chief Compliance Officer, if you have any questions
about the contents of this supplement.
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William Laughridge
Educational Background and Business Experience
Bill Laughridge co-founded Cypress Capital to provide investment advisory and portfolio
management of fixed-income securities. Bill is responsible for overall firm management,
investment strategy, business development and marketing
Bill was the President and CEO of a multi-office bank with over a billion dollar in assets
located in the Chicago area. As the Chief Investment Officer for the bank, Bill established
the investment policy, researched the various investment opportunities and executed the
investment strategy for the bank. The bank achieved notable success; growing earnings
during his 24-year tenure at a rate in excess of 18% compounded annually, one of the highest
in the industry.
Bill has his BA from UW-Whitewater, his MBA from Northern Illinois University and
received his CPA certificate in 1981, although he never practiced in public accounting.
Disciplinary Information
William Laughridge is not a party to any legal action or subject to any regulatory
proceedings.
Other Business Activities
Mr. Laughridge is not engaged in other investment related businesses or occupations that
are in conflict to business at CCP.
Additional Compensation
Mr. Laughridge receives no additional compensation for providing advisory services
beyond that provided by Cypress Capital Partners, LLC.
Supervision of Investment Professionals
All investment professionals are supervised by William Laughridge, the Chief Complaince
Officier. Mr. Laughridge determines the advice that is provided to clients and instructs the
investment professionals accordingly. He also monitors employee compliance with the
Firm’s Policies & Procedures, Code of Ethics and Privacy Policy. Mr. Laughridge may be
reached at 312-397-9090
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Andrea Hosbein
Educational Background and Business Experience
Andrea Hosbein co-founded Cypress Capital to provide investment advisory and portfolio
management of fixed-income securities. Andrea Hosbein is responsible for the
implementation of investment strategy, portfolio management, research and trading.
Andrea has over twenty years of experience in the investment field. Before co-founding
Cypress Capital, Andrea spent twelve years as Senior Fixed Income specialist and
managed the six billion dollar fixed-income trading desk at Harris Bank. Andrea was
responsible for developing overall strategy for tax-exempt accounts and construction of
the optimal tax-exempt portfolios.
Andrea began her career at Society National Bank in Cleveland in municipal trading and
underwriting; she then worked in mortgage-backed and agency securities at Kemper
Securities. Andrea received her B. S. in Finance from Indiana University.
Disciplinary Information
Andrea Hosbein is not a party to any legal action or subject to any regulatory proceedings.
Other Business Activities
Ms. Hosbein is not engaged in other investment related businesses or occupations.
Additional Compensation
Ms. Hosbein receives no additional compensation for providing advisory services beyond
that provided by Cypress Capital Partners, LLC.
Supervision of Investment Professionals
All investment professionals are supervised by William Laughridge, the Chief Complaince
Officier.
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Cheryl Laughridge
Educational Background and Busines sExperience
Cheryl Laughridge is responsible for Cypress Capital Partner’s financial reporting, payroll
and other back-office duties. Cheryl has a BS from Northern Illinois University, an MBA
from the University of Chicago and received her CPA certificate in 1986.
Disciplinary Information
Cheryl Laughridge is not a party to any legal action or subject to any regulatory
proceedings.
Other Business Activities
Ms. Laughridge is not engaged in other investment related businesses or occupations.
Additional Compensation
Ms. Laughridge receives no additional compensation for providing advisory services
beyond that provided by Cypress Capital Partners, LLC.
Supervision of Investment Professionals
All investment professionals are supervised by William Laughridge, the Chief Complaince
Officier.
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