2022
Does the wholesale investor test need to change?
01/02/2022
SIAA’s discussion paper on the wholesale investor test examining whether it needs to change addresses the issues of:
• whether there is evidence of harm to support calls for change
• how the test is applied in practice
• existing regulatory protections for wholesale investors and
• the consequences for advisers and investors of a change in the test.
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