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                             The 
                                Investor Compensation Company Limited ("ICC") 
                                is established for the administration of claims 
                                against the Investor Compensation Fund ("Fund"). 
                                We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Securities 
                                and Futures Commission ("SFC").  
                              Our jobs are to receive, assess
                                and determine claims against the Fund, make payments
                                to claimants and pursue recoveries against defaulting
                                licensed intermediaries or authorized financial
                                institutions including: 
                              (i) an intermediary licensed or registered for
                                dealing in securities or dealing in futures contracts;
                                or 
                              (ii) an intermediary licensed for securities
                                margin financing; or  
                              (iii) an authorized financial
                                  institution which provides securities margin
                                  financing. 
                               
                              We perform the following functions, 
                                which have been transferred to the ICC under the 
                                Securities and Futures (Transfer of Functions 
                                - Investor Compensation Company) Order: 
                                
  
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