As a follow-up to our feature on self-investing vs. advisor directed investing, we focus on embedded fees and the new regulations and policy that will be coming into effect for improved transparency to protect investors.

In the video above, Jean Paul Bureaud, executive director of FAIR Canada, discusses what fees investors pay, what to look out for and the fees that we don’t see.

This is a must watch video for seasoned and new investors.

To stay up to date on our Let’s Invest Series, check out the first four parts in this series, Why Invest?, How to invest, What’s better, do-it-yourself or advisor-directed investing? and Are you prepared for do-it-yourself investing?

Jean-Paul Bureaud, FAIR Canada executive director

Bureaud is the executive director, president and CEO of FAIR Canada. Before joining FAIR Canada, he was a financial sector expert at the World Bank Group assisting countries to enhance their securities regulatory regimes. He is a former member of the executive management team at the Ontario Securities Commission. He began his legal career at a national law firm advising clients on securities law matters.

FAIR Canada

FAIR Canada champions the rights of individual investors in Canada through advocacy, education, and regulatory advancements. We are the trusted, independent voice on significant issues that affect individual investors. As Canada’s only non-profit, investor-focused organization, we provide informed, objective comment on regulatory issues that have an impact on investor fairness and protection.

FAIR Canada champions the rights of individual investors in Canada through advocacy, education and regulatory advancements. It is an independent voice on significant issues that affect individual investors. As Canada’s only non-profit, investor-focused organization, FAIR Canada provides informed, objective comment on regulatory issues that have an impact on investor fairness and protection.

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