UK FSCS Expects to Disburse £28 million to Alpari UK Clients
- The compensation scheme has announced its regulatory levy for 2015/2016 is continuing to rise but not due to retail brokers

According to an announcement made by the U.K. Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the bill for reimbursing Alpari UK clients is likely to reach £28 million ($42.7 million). The institution in charge with reimbursing depositors whose brokerages have sought Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Bankruptcy or insolvency constitutes a legal term and refers to being unable to repay debts. A business and a person can declare bankruptcy. When a person or company claims bankruptcy, it is described as a voluntary bankruptcy, and when your debtors force you into bankruptcy, it is referred to as involuntary. A voluntary bankruptcy occurs when the debtor or borrower, the party that owes the money files with the courts. Involuntary bankruptcy happens when your credits file a petition with the co Bankruptcy or insolvency constitutes a legal term and refers to being unable to repay debts. A business and a person can declare bankruptcy. When a person or company claims bankruptcy, it is described as a voluntary bankruptcy, and when your debtors force you into bankruptcy, it is referred to as involuntary. A voluntary bankruptcy occurs when the debtor or borrower, the party that owes the money files with the courts. Involuntary bankruptcy happens when your credits file a petition with the co Read this Term protection expects the bill to be paid in the 2015/16 reporting period.
The compensation scheme has also announced that the volume of (self-invested personal pensions) SIPP related claims is continuing to rise. The current amount of the levy of the FSCS is £319 million which is higher by £32 million from the figure forecasted by the institution in January.
The increase is not in any way related to the bankruptcy of Alpari UK. On the contrary, the FSCS expects that compensations related to brokers will mark a decrease in their levy bill. The forecast is based on a reduction in the costs relating to other investment defaults, and expectations for a rise in recovery forecasts in 2015. All assumptions and forecasts have included Alpari UK.
The institution will levy firms in the life and pensions intermediation sector £100m in 2015/16 to fund the compensation costs for the rising claims related to SIPPs.
Commenting on the announcement, the Chief Executive of the U.K. FSCS, Mark Neale said, “FSCS protects consumers when financial firms fail. We’re there for people who have nowhere else to turn. The annual levy allows us to compensate consumers, and as a result, make a valuable contribution to consumer confidence.”
The FSCS is funded by a levy on authorized financial services firms. It does not charge individual consumers for recovery of their funds.
According to an announcement made by the U.K. Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the bill for reimbursing Alpari UK clients is likely to reach £28 million ($42.7 million). The institution in charge with reimbursing depositors whose brokerages have sought Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Bankruptcy or insolvency constitutes a legal term and refers to being unable to repay debts. A business and a person can declare bankruptcy. When a person or company claims bankruptcy, it is described as a voluntary bankruptcy, and when your debtors force you into bankruptcy, it is referred to as involuntary. A voluntary bankruptcy occurs when the debtor or borrower, the party that owes the money files with the courts. Involuntary bankruptcy happens when your credits file a petition with the co Bankruptcy or insolvency constitutes a legal term and refers to being unable to repay debts. A business and a person can declare bankruptcy. When a person or company claims bankruptcy, it is described as a voluntary bankruptcy, and when your debtors force you into bankruptcy, it is referred to as involuntary. A voluntary bankruptcy occurs when the debtor or borrower, the party that owes the money files with the courts. Involuntary bankruptcy happens when your credits file a petition with the co Read this Term protection expects the bill to be paid in the 2015/16 reporting period.
The compensation scheme has also announced that the volume of (self-invested personal pensions) SIPP related claims is continuing to rise. The current amount of the levy of the FSCS is £319 million which is higher by £32 million from the figure forecasted by the institution in January.
The increase is not in any way related to the bankruptcy of Alpari UK. On the contrary, the FSCS expects that compensations related to brokers will mark a decrease in their levy bill. The forecast is based on a reduction in the costs relating to other investment defaults, and expectations for a rise in recovery forecasts in 2015. All assumptions and forecasts have included Alpari UK.
The institution will levy firms in the life and pensions intermediation sector £100m in 2015/16 to fund the compensation costs for the rising claims related to SIPPs.
Commenting on the announcement, the Chief Executive of the U.K. FSCS, Mark Neale said, “FSCS protects consumers when financial firms fail. We’re there for people who have nowhere else to turn. The annual levy allows us to compensate consumers, and as a result, make a valuable contribution to consumer confidence.”
The FSCS is funded by a levy on authorized financial services firms. It does not charge individual consumers for recovery of their funds.