Finally, I got a payout from the liquidators! I was an investor on the TWS platform. I'm surprised and happy to see any of it returned. My accepted claim is for approximately what I put into the portal in the 1st place, and I just received the first half of that claim.

Re: receiving actual share certificates. Still now, going through some brokers/ fund managers you don't get share certificates, like Sharesies?

I’ve used Craigs for US ETFs since the Halifax disaster, even though the transaction costs are higher as I have more faith in their custodial service- maybe faith without basis.

But even buying ETFs or smart shares or funds of kernel and NikkoAM, etc. means you still don't have the underlying share certificates. So really, are there more blow-ups to come, despite assurances from the FMA?