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Investors
SIPC steps in when a brokerage firm fails financially, and assets are missing from customer accounts.
SIPC protects customer assets when a SIPC-member brokerage firm fails financially.
Understand how SIPC protection works if you have multiple accounts.SIPC has recovered billions of dollars for investors. Our job is to recover missing cash or securities if your brokerage firm has gone out of business. SIPC does not protect digital asset securities that are investment contracts that are not registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, even if held by a SIPC member brokerage firm.
SIPC has issued Investor Bulletins explaining SIPC’s protection and claims process. Click here for Part I ("SIPC Basics"). Click here for Part II ("Filing a SIPC Claim").
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) is a non-profit corporation that has been protecting investors for 50 years.
We work to restore investors' cash and securities when their securities broker fails.
SIPC has recovered billions of dollars for investors.
How can we help you?
We protect customers if their securities broker fails.
If it happens, SIPC protects the securities and cash in your brokerage account up to $500,000.
The $500,000 protection includes up to $250,000 protection for cash in your account to buy securities.
How does SIPC protection work?
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We are a non-profit corporation that has been protecting investors for over 50 years. SIPC has recovered billions of dollars for investors.
SIPC has issued Investor Bulletins explaining SIPC's protection and claims process. Click here for Part I ("SIPC Basics"). Click here for Part II ("Filing a SIPC Claim").