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are index trackers subject to insolvency risk?
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the financial services compensation scheme says: investments   fscs provides protection if an authorised investment firm is unable to pay claims against it. for example: for loss arising from bad investment advice, poor investment management or misrepresentation; when an authorised investment firm goes out of business and cannot return investments or money. investments covered include: stocks and shares; unit trusts; futures and options; personal pension plans and long-term investments such as mortgage endowments. an index-tracking fund provided by an authorised investment firm would seem to qualify in the cases where: the critical points here then are: i can't find anything easily to hand about fscs on blackrock's website, so i would imagine that you'd need to consult the documentation on your investment product to be sure.
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