-- Stan Buell, President,
Small Investor Protection Association (SIPA), in Letter of Support to FAIR Canada.
I recently had a chance to interview Ken Kivenko, who runs Canadian Fund Watch and is allied with
the Small Investor Protection Association.
Like
the Small Investor Protection Association, Paul Bates, chair of the Ontario Securities Commission's Investor Advisory Panel, wants to see trailers banned.
Ken Kivenko, of
the Small Investor Protection Association, is no shrinking violet when it comes to airing his grievances about this issue.
However, they don't have to give you the new Fund Fact sheet before you buy, says Ken Kivenko of
the Small Investor Protection Association, so be sure to ask for it or look it up at www.fundfactspos.ca.
At
the Small Investor Protection Association (SIPA), we have seen a danger to investors in placing their trust and savings with sales people instead of advisors who have a fiduciary responsibility to act in their client's interests.
For more information on the dispute resolution process, visit the website for
the Small Investor Protection Association.
The FAIR Canada,
Small Investor Protection Association and Kenmar Associates websites contain useful information and guides concerning complaints
I want to spotlight the Investor Be Aware video contest, run by
the Small Investor Protection Association to show the hidden dangers of dealing with financial advisers.
Organizations such as
the Small Investors Protection Association («SIPA») and the Consumer Council of Canada («CCC») have worked valiantly to advance the interests of retail investors.
Not exact matches
After intense debate, the Senate adds a number of
investor protections to the
small - business bill.
«Either it is a sign that Sarbanes - Oxley created a burden on entrepreneurship, inefficiently forcing companies out of the public markets, or alternatively it provided some
protection to
investors by inducing
smaller firms that should never have been public to begin with to abandon that status,» Eric Talley, the report's co-author, said in a statement.
Self - attestation would effectively render the
small -
investor protection clause of the law toothless.
The SEC was tasked with adopting rules to implement these provisions, which are intended to facilitate capital raising by
small businesses while providing significant
investor protections.
«There is a great deal of enthusiasm in the marketplace for crowdfunding, and I believe these rules and proposed amendments provide
smaller companies with innovative ways to raise capital and give
investors the
protections they need,» said SEC Chair Mary Jo White.
The new rules and proposed amendments are designed to assist
smaller companies with capital formation and provide
investors with additional
protections.
Translation: Many commission - based brokers are self - serving hucksters and rip - off artists from whom
smaller investors need
protection.
Each forum seeks to develop recommendations for government and private action to improve the environment for
small business capital formation, consistent with other public policy goals, including
investor protection.»
The approach and structure of the DRS is specifically built to help
investors stay the course through bull and bear markets by recognizing that
smaller shorter - term drawdowns are more easily weathered by having
protection in place for larger, steeper declines.
However, they offer big time
protection for
small investors.
For
investors seeking to gain some inflation
protection and to defer interest income, or for those who desire a
small minimum investment, I Bonds offer advantages unavailable from other investments.
Based in Los Angeles, with offices in San Francisco, the attorneys at PSW represent consumers,
investors and
small businesses in consumer
protection cases.