The process of compensating investors who lost money from the 2011 collapse of investment firm Custom House Capital may not be complete for a number of years, the Investor Compensation Company (ICCL) has warned.

The Central Bank has contacted the providers of investment products to Asset Management Trust (AMT) to check the balances of clients’ investments following the highly unusual move by the regulator to freeze the accounts of a firm that is not authorised to handle client money.