Securities Investor Protection Corporation
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Securities Investor Protection Corporation canonical | 2 |
| SIPC | 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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | customers of SIPC-member brokerage firms ⓘ |
| boardMembersAppointedBy | United States President NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardMembersConfirmedBy | United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Securities and Exchange Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ court-appointed trustees in broker liquidations ⓘ federal courts ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBoardOfDirectors | SIPC Board of Directors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalBasis | Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfProtection | account-level protection, not firm-level insurance ⓘ |
| website | https://www.sipc.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Securities Investor Protection Corporation Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Irving Picard
this entity surface form:
SIPC