Related websites
The Financial Services Authority (FSA): the UK's financial regulator.
The Financial Ombudsman Service: handles complaints against authorised firms that are still trading. Established by the FSA to create a single Ombudsman for the financial services industry.
Consumer help and advice
- Moneymadeclear
- Which?
- National Debt Line
- The Office of Fair Trading
- Department of Trade and Industry
- Institute of Money Advisers
- Money Advice, Scotland (MAS)
- Consumer Focus (National Consumer Council)
Trade Associations and professional organisations
- The Association of British Insurers
- The Association of British Credit Unions
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- The Association of Independent Financial Advisers
- The Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers
- The British Bankers' Association
- British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA)
- The Building Societies Association
- Institute of Actuaries
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
- Investment Management Association (IMA)
- The Law Society (England & Wales)
- The Law Society of Scotland
- The Law Society of Northern Ireland
- Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)
- National Association of Pension Funds
- PEP & ISA Managers' Association
- Scottish League of Credit Unions (SCLU)
- Solicitors for Independent Financial Advice Limited (SIFA)
- The Personal Finance Society (PFS)
UK bodies
Other UK websites relevant to the FSCS include:
Government and regulation
- The Financial Services Authority (FSA).
- HM Treasury: the government department responsible for financial services regulation.
- Continuity: the UK's financial sector authorities, HM Treasury, the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority, have been working together to help co-ordinate business continuity planning within the UK's financial sector.
- The Office of Fair Trading
- Department of Trade and Industry
Overseas bodies
Similar schemes to FSCS exist in other countries. The list below incorporates website and other contact details for schemes and other relevant bodies of which the FSCS is aware.
Accepting deposits
The European Forum of Deposit Insurers (EFDI)
The International Directory of Deposit Insurers is available online at http://www2.fdic.gov/iddi/intguide00.pdf.
Investment
Canada
Canadian Investor Protection Fund, 200 Bay Street, Suite 2400 South Tower, PO Box 192, Toronto M5J 2J4, Canada www.cipf.ca
Denmark
Guarantee Fund for Depositors and Investors, Niels Juels Gade 7, PO Box 2982, DK-10113 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Tel: +45 33 14 62 45, Fax: +45 33 14 9437, Email: gii@gii.dk Website: www.indskydergarantifonden.dk
Greece
Athens Stock Exchange Members Guarantee Fund, 14-16 Fidiou Street, 10678 Athens, Greece.
Ireland
Investors Compensation Company Ltd, c/o Central Bank of Ireland, PO Box 559, Dame Street, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland.
United States of America
Securities Investor Protection Corporation, 805 Fifteenth Street, NW Suite 800, Washington DC 20005-2207, USA. Tel: +1 202 371 8300, Fax: +1 202 371 6728. www.sipc.org