Investment Fraud Awareness
Sources of Information: Half (50%) of investors last looked for
investment information through their financial adviser
Q
When you last looked for information about investing, did you look for this information from any of the following sources? Please select all that apply.
[asked of investors only; multiple mention; national n=2,314, Manitoba n=225]
Among investors only
National
A financial adviser, such as a bank adviser,
stock broker, financial planner, etc.
49%
51%
Your bank or financial institution's website
36%
38%
Information from the company on their
website, in print, or in an advertisment
24%
Family and friends
22%
28%
Media such as newspapers, television, or
news websites
22%
20%
Disclosure documents from the company
such as Fund Facts or prospectuses
17%
17%
7%
Your provincial regulator
6%
1%
Other
2%
13%
Manitoba
A financial adviser, such as a bank adviser,
stock broker, financial planner, etc.
50%
51%
32%
Your bank or financial institution's website
37%
Family and friends
Information from the company on their
website, in print, or in an advertisment
Media such as newspapers, television, or
news websites
Disclosure documents from the company
such as Fund Facts or prospectuses
24%
28%
23%
18%
16%
16%
12%
4%
Your provincial regulator
4%
1%
Other
1%
Don't know/None
14%
16%
■2020
■ 2017
Don't know/None
■2020
12%
■2017
*Note: In 2020, 'Information from the company on their website, in print, or in an advertisement" is added. Before 2020, 'Disclosure documents from the company s
prospectuses' was 'Documents from the company such as Fund Facts or prospectuses; 2017 national n=2,364, MB n=221
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