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what happens if a financial services company/stockbroker goes into administration in the uk?
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although i posted this question more than a year ago, i subsequently read information which may be of use as an answer, specifically regarding pritchard stockbrokers in the uk several years ago, in which the fscs stepped in to compensate investors, as detailed in the following: http://www.fscs.org.uk/what-we-cover/questions-and-answers/qas-about-pritchard-stock-6n940n01k/ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/89957c56-21e4-11e3-9b55-00144feab7de.html#axzz3crzybgz9 for reference, in case the links above are at some point in future taken offline, the fscs faq states:
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