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(FSA).   
(PBGC). ''US Pensions''.   
The former UK body which, amongst its duties, was the regulatory authority in the UK for most financial services markets, exchanges and firms.
An organisation set up by the US government to take over the assets and liabilities of insolvent pension funds and to provide limited guarantees as to the payment of pensions by those funds.


Some of the FSA's functions were comparable with the CFTC in the United States.
The PBGC has wide powers to investigate US pension schemes and their sponsoring companies. 
 
The equivalent in the UK is the Pension Protection Fund.  


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Trustees]]
* [[Pension Protection Fund]]
* [[CFTC]]

Revision as of 13:57, 6 May 2013

(PBGC). US Pensions. An organisation set up by the US government to take over the assets and liabilities of insolvent pension funds and to provide limited guarantees as to the payment of pensions by those funds.

The PBGC has wide powers to investigate US pension schemes and their sponsoring companies.

The equivalent in the UK is the Pension Protection Fund.

See also