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Investor compensation schemes - are you covered?

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Ive seen a few posters on here asking about this and saw this over on the Monevator blog:

Investor compensation schemes – are you covered?

might be of interest to some....
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  • Glen_Clark
    Glen_Clark Posts: 4,397 Forumite
    Ifts wrote: »
    Ive seen a few posters on here asking about this and saw this over on the Monevator blog:

    Investor compensation schemes – are you covered?

    might be of interest to some....

    I bet 99% of us would learn something from reading that link.
    There is much more to it than the £85k compensation for bank accounts most of us already know about.
    Thanks for Posting
    “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” --Upton Sinclair
  • Ifts wrote: »
    Ive seen a few posters on here asking about this and saw this over on the Monevator blog:

    Investor compensation schemes – are you covered?

    might be of interest to some....

    Thanks.

    I like the bit about the "Dad's Army" regulators:)

    I used to have some ITs domiciled in the Channel Isles, which I have since sold.
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • kingrulzuk
    kingrulzuk Posts: 1,330 Forumite
    Its a good article. ta
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  • Ifts
    Ifts Posts: 1,960 Forumite
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    Glen_Clark wrote: »
    Thanks for Posting

    You're welcome, it was one of the threads started by you on here that reminded me to post a link to this blog.

    Don't think there is anything to worry about but good to know some facts behind how the Investor compensation scheme works.
    Never let the perfume of the premium overpower the odour of the risk
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