Links

UK bodies

Other UK websites relevant to FSCS include:

Government & regulation

• 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.
• 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

 

Consumer help & advice

• FSA Consumer Information
• Which?
• National Debt Line
• The Money Advice Association (MAA)
• Money Advice, Scotland (MAS)
• National Consumer Council
• Scottish Consumer Council

 

Trade Associations & 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 Banking Code Standards Board
• 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
• London Investment Banking Association (LIBA)
• 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)

 

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, E-mail: gii@gii.dk 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

 

Fellow schemes overseas that are missing from the above list are invited to send their details to enquiries@fscs.org.uk