Useful Links – PIMFA – Building Personal Financial Futures

Useful Links

Below are some of the links which may be useful to you such as regulators, exchanges, trade associations, other resources etc.

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UK Regulators

Advertising Standards Authority Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS)The Pensions Regulator

UK Offshore Regulators

Guernsey Financial Services Commission Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission Isle of Man Insurance and Pensions Authority Jersey Financial Services Commission

European Institutions & Related Bodies

American Chamber of Commerce The European Consumers' Organisation (BEUC) British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium Council of the European Union European Banking Authority (EBA) European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority European Commission - Press room Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN)Members of the European Parliament UK Members of the European Parliament European Central Bank European Commission Counsel of the European Union European Court of Justice (ECJ)European Investment Bank European Investment Fund European Mortgage Federation (EMF)European Parliament European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum (EPFSF) European Public Affairs Consultancies Association (EPACA)European Official Journal European Movement - UK

Professional Bodies

Association of Professional Compliance Consultants Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)Faculty and Institute of Actuaries ifs School of Finance Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW)International Compliance Association Personal Finance Society (PFS)Professional Risk Managers International Association Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments (CISI)Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)The Law Society The Pensions Management Institute (PMI)

Trade Associations

Association of British Insurers (ABI)Association of Foreign Banks Association of Insurance & Risk Managers Association of Pensions Lawyers Association of Professional Compliance Consultants Building Societies Association Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW)Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters Confederation of British Industry (CBI)Futures and Options Association (FOA) Institute of Directors (IoD)Institute of Risk Management (IRM)Investment Management Association (IMA)Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)Life Insurance Market Research Association (LIMRA)The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF)Tax-Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) UK Finance

Stock Exchanges and Other Trading Venues

NYSE Euronext The London Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange ICAP Securities and Derivatives Exchange Chi-x NASDAQ

Clearing and Settlement Infrastructure Providers

Euroclear UK and Ireland (EUI) Clearstream LCH Clearnet

Private Investor Indices

UK Institutions

Bank of England Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)Centre for the study of financial innovation (CSFI) Financial Market Law Committee Financial Services Compensation Schem (FSCS)Financial Skills Partnership Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG)Joseph Rowntree Foundation National Consumers Council The Council of Mortgage Lenders The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS)The Pensions Advisory Service Trade Union Congress (TUC) IFS School of Finance Which The Financial Services Skills Commission

UK Government Websites

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS) Department for Work and Pensions Directgov Legislation.gov.uk HM Treasury (HMT)Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC)House of Commons - Hansard Home Office House of Commons House of Lords - Hansard House of Lords - home page Law Commission Office of Fair Trading The Pension Service Her Majesty's Court and Tribunal Service Money & Pensions Service Justice Department

News Sites

BBC News Chatham House Citywire City A.M (London)Daily Telegraph Daily Mail Evening Standard (London)Financial Times Investors Chronicle Motley Fool New Statesman The Guardian The Independent The Paper Boy The Times The Sunday Times This is Money

Other Useful Links

Thomson Reuters Accleus Compliance Resource Network MiFID Connect Elsevier (technical books)Lexisnexis The Compliance Exchange The Financial Services Forum Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)Tribunal Services Money Advice Service

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