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Jan. 18, 2017

Question of the week: What is investing, and how is it regulated?

The dictionary definition of investing is… “expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit or material result by putting it into financial schemes, shares, or property, or...

Jan. 12, 2017

Question of the week: What does the enforcement branch do?

As their name suggests the Enforcement Branch's mandate is to enforce securities laws. Any complaint the commission receives from the public is handled by Enforcement. We investiga...

Jan. 4, 2017

Happy New Year and welcome to 2017!

As we start off a new year, the Before You Invest blog is getting a new start as well. We’ll still be doing periodic posts on new legislation, scams and investment news that Nova S...

Nov. 16, 2016

Warning Nova Scotians about binary options

The Nova Scotia Securities Commission has noticed an increase in solicitations and marketing for investment in binary options (also called “fixed-return options”). At this tim...

Question of the week: What is investing, and how is it regulated?

Question of the week: What does the enforcement branch do?

Happy New Year and welcome to 2017!

Warning Nova Scotians about binary options

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