Securities Investor Protection Corporation

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corporation investor protection organization nonprofit organization

The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) is a U.S. nonprofit organization that protects customers of failed or financially troubled brokerage firms by overseeing the recovery and return of their securities and cash.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Securities Investor Protection Corporation canonical	9
SIPC	3
SIPC Board of Directors	1
Securities Investor Protection Corporation (as trustee in Madoff case)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7612083 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Securities Investor Protection Corporation
Context triple: [Irving Picard, associatedWith, Securities Investor Protection Corporation]

A. National Securities Clearing Corporation Limited
National Securities Clearing Corporation Limited is the clearing and settlement arm of the Indian capital markets that manages counterparty risk and ensures smooth completion of trades executed on the National Stock Exchange of India.
B. Office de Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières
The Office de Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières was the original securities clearing and settlement institution in Morocco that later evolved into the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
C. Securities and Exchange Commission
The Securities and Exchange Commission is the U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating securities markets, enforcing securities laws, and protecting investors.
D. Securities and Investments Board
The Securities and Investments Board was the former UK financial markets regulator that oversaw securities and investment activities before being replaced by the Financial Services Authority.
E. Deposit Insurance Fund
The Deposit Insurance Fund is the pool of money managed by the FDIC that is used to protect depositors by covering insured losses when member banks fail.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Securities Investor Protection Corporation
Target entity description: The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) is a U.S. nonprofit organization that protects customers of failed or financially troubled brokerage firms by overseeing the recovery and return of their securities and cash.

A. National Securities Clearing Corporation Limited
National Securities Clearing Corporation Limited is the clearing and settlement arm of the Indian capital markets that manages counterparty risk and ensures smooth completion of trades executed on the National Stock Exchange of India.
B. Office de Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières
The Office de Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières was the original securities clearing and settlement institution in Morocco that later evolved into the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
C. Securities and Exchange Commission
The Securities and Exchange Commission is the U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating securities markets, enforcing securities laws, and protecting investors.
D. Securities and Investments Board
The Securities and Investments Board was the former UK financial markets regulator that oversaw securities and investment activities before being replaced by the Financial Services Authority.
E. Deposit Insurance Fund
The Deposit Insurance Fund is the pool of money managed by the FDIC that is used to protect depositors by covering insured losses when member banks fail.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	corporation ⓘ investor protection organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ
abbreviation	SIPC ⓘ linked to: Securities Investor Protection Corporation
appliesTo	customers of SIPC-member brokerage firms ⓘ
boardMembersAppointedBy	United States President ⓘ linked to: President of the United States
boardMembersConfirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ⓘ United States Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ linked to: Securities and Exchange Commission court-appointed trustees in broker liquidations ⓘ federal courts ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
doesNotInsure	losses from market fluctuations ⓘ
doesNotInsure	non-SIPC-member firms ⓘ
excludes	commodity accounts ⓘ futures contracts not registered as securities ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
fundingMethod	assessments on member broker-dealers ⓘ
governingStatute	Securities Investor Protection Act ⓘ
hasBoardOfDirectors	SIPC Board of Directors ⓘ linked to: Securities Investor Protection Corporation
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasLegalForm	nonprofit corporation ⓘ
hasService	advancing funds to satisfy customer claims within statutory limits ⓘ arranging transfer of customer accounts to solvent brokerages ⓘ liquidation of failed brokerage firms under SIPA ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1970 ⓘ
industry	financial services ⓘ investor protection ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
legalBasis	Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 ⓘ linked to: Securities Investor Protection Act
legalStatus	federally mandated, privately funded nonprofit ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
membership	registered broker-dealers in the United States ⓘ
monitors	financial condition of member broker-dealers for liquidation triggers ⓘ
operatesFund	SIPC Fund ⓘ
purpose	maintain investor confidence in U.S. securities markets ⓘ oversee recovery and return of customer securities and cash ⓘ protect customers of failed brokerage firms ⓘ
regulates	protection of customer securities at member broker-dealers ⓘ
regulatoryClassification	not a general investment loss insurer ⓘ not a government agency ⓘ
scopeOfProtection	securities and cash held in customer accounts ⓘ
SIPCMemberRequirement	most registered broker-dealers must be SIPC members ⓘ
statutoryCoverageLimit	up to $500,000 per customer ⓘ
statutoryCoverageLimitForCash	up to $250,000 for cash claims ⓘ
supervisingAuthority	United States Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ linked to: Securities and Exchange Commission
typeOfProtection	account-level protection, not firm-level insurance ⓘ
website	https://www.sipc.org ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irving Picard → associatedWith → Securities Investor Protection Corporation ⓘ

subject linked to: Madoff trustee Irving Picard

Robinhood Securities LLC → regulator → Securities Investor Protection Corporation ⓘ

Robinhood Securities LLC → memberOf → SIPC ⓘ