Trade Association · WASHINGTON, DC · EIN 52-0910763
About
SIPC's mission is statutory. When a brokerage firm fails due to bankruptcy or other financial difficulties and customer assets are missing, SIPC steps in as quickly as possible and, within certain limits, works to return customers' cash, stock and other securities, and other customer property. Without SIPC, investors at financially troubled brokerage firms might lose their securities or money forever or wait years while their assets are tied up in court.