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Firms urged to move away from ‘alarming’ boilerplate risk warnings to boost retail investment

By Jack Gray

9/4/26

The investment industry should move away from the widespread use of ‘alarming’ standardised risk warnings to encourage greater retail investment, a government-backed review published by the Investment Association (IA) has argued

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