Glossary
AFS licence	Australian financial services licence	
APL	Approved Product List	
APRA	Australian Prudential Regulation Authority	
ASX	Australian Securities Exchange	
ASIC	Australian Securities and Investments Commission	
CIPF	Canadian Investor Protection Fund	
COSL	Credit Ombudsman Services Limited	
Corporations Act	Corporations Act 2001	
EDR scheme	External dispute resolution scheme	
FCS	Financial Claims Scheme 	
FSCS	Financial Services Compensation Scheme (UK)	
FOS	Financial Ombudsman Service Limited	
FSA	Financial Services Authority (UK)	
IDR 	Internal dispute resolution	
NGF	National Guarantee Fund	
PJC Inquiry	Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Inquiry into financial products and services in Australia	
SEGC	Securities Exchange Guarantee Corporation	
SCT	Superannuation Complaints Tribunal 	
SIPC	Securities Investor Protection Corporation (USA)	
RG	ASIC Regulatory Guide	
Ripoll Report	The final report of the PJC Inquiry, November 2009	
Wallis Report	The final report of the Financial System Inquiry, March 1997