The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has conducted a study on the behaviours and habits of investors in Europe.
The findings of the survey provide a clearer insight into how individual investors make their investment decisions and highlight the challenges facing regulators as they work to protect investors in a rapidly evolving sector. Respondents were asked what had prompted them to make an investment in a particular product and how long they spent researching the product and the firm offering it.
A key question was whether their research included checking the regulator’s website, as many offer publicly available databases that allow users to see which firms are regulated and whether they have been the subject to sanctions…
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