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A Life Cycle Approach to Investor Protection. ECMI Working Paper No. 1/September 2014

de Manuel, Mirzha and Valiante, Diego. (2014) A Life Cycle Approach to Investor Protection. ECMI Working Paper No. 1/September 2014. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    The market for investment products, including both securities and investment funds, is fraught with difficulties for consumers in terms of the ease of comparing products, trust in suppliers and consumer satisfaction. A comprehensive approach to investor protection, developed around the lifecycle of a financial product, may offer the investor greater protection during an investment’s life span. This paper proposes a new approach to investor protection, building on a review of major market failures affecting the origination, distribution and sale of financial products and based on a review of the relevant scientific literature and country experiences. The application of a ‘know-your-product’ principle at origination, a narrower ‘default rule’ for best execution and an ex-ante distinction between advice and ‘information-only’ services are among the options discussed in this paper to enhance the investor protection framework over the lifecycle of a financial product.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > economic and financial affairs > Single Market > capital, goods, services, workers
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
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    Series: Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > ECMI Working Papers
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 10 Sep 2014 10:52
    Number of Pages: 36
    Last Modified: 10 Sep 2014 10:52
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/53736

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