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===But what about [[client money]]?===
===But what about [[client money]]?===
We have much to say about [[Client money|client money elsewhere]]. But the [[beneficiary]] of [[client money]] protection has no [[credit risk]] to the person offering [[client money]] protection because that person never holds the cash in question. It is instead placed on deposit with a third party [[bank]].  The client ''does'' have full credit risk to that third party bank. This tends to suprise those clients who have the dim impression that client money protection is some kind of patronus charm of cloak of mithril, protecting their little pot of money against the machinations of all evil spirits. Why no, good sir: it merely ''changes'' the evil spirit to whom your pot of money is exposed, ideally just to a ''less'' evil(ref>I.e., better capitalised and prudentially regulated.</ref>, banking type of spirit.
We have much to say about [[Client money|client money elsewhere]]. But the [[beneficiary]] of [[client money]] protection has no [[credit risk]] to the person offering [[client money]] protection because that person never holds the cash in question. It is instead placed on deposit with a third party [[bank]].  The client ''does'' have full credit risk to that third party bank. This tends to surprise those clients who have the dim impression that [[client money]] protection is some kind of amulet a; patronus charm; a magical cloak of mithril, protecting their little pot of money against all machinations of the succubi and incubi who infest their dreams.  
 
Why no, good sir: it merely ''changes'' the banshee to whose fiendish ways your little pot of money is exposed, ideally just to a ''less'' nasty(ref>I.e., better [[Capital Adequacy Directive|capitalised]] and prudentially regulated, but don’t tell the Extinction Rebellion: nastiness is in the eye of the beholder of course.</ref>, banking type of hobgoblin.


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