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Apr. 12, 2023

No Frills Investing Part 2: Financial Planning vs. Investment Advice/Products – What’s the difference?

In Part 2 of our No Frills Investing series we’re looking at the difference between financial planning and investment advice.As you may know, anyone who sells or advises on securit...

Apr. 5, 2023

No Frills Investing Part 1: Investing Under $50,000 – What are my options?

Today we’re starting a new blog series on No Frills Investing. These posts are focussed on investors who don’t have a large amount of money to invest. In today’s economic climate, ...

Mar. 29, 2023

Investor Alerts and Cautions review: January-March

Part of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission mandate is to protect Nova Scotia investors. One of the ways we do that is by issuing investor alerts and cautions. You can find all t...

Mar. 22, 2023

Pig Butchering: The anatomy of an investment fraud

During Fraud Prevention Month the Nova Scotia Securities Commission is issuing another warning to investors about a widespread Pig Butchering crypto assets scam that has caused sub...

No Frills Investing Part 2: Financial Planning vs. Investment Advice/Products – What’s the difference?

No Frills Investing Part 1: Investing Under $50,000 – What are my options?

Investor Alerts and Cautions review: January-March

Pig Butchering: The anatomy of an investment fraud

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