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If you look closely you’ll find that the broker and the holding company have similar but distinct names - it’s supposed to be setup so that if the broker goes under the holding company can be transferred and continue.

Similar to banks and FDIC the financial industry is good at this kind of thing and brokers can go bankrupt without customers ever really noticing.



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