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Gary Robinson Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I don't think regulators should be telling me what public investments I can and cannot invest in. I have done well investing in leveraged funds. They should be readily available to everyone, not just the wealthy and connected people. It is a matter of having a level playing field for everyone and should not be restricted (tests, permissions, etc.) unless those same restrictions are placed on everyone. And certainly no broker who gets paid by the investor should be deciding when and where I get to invest.

Brian Matthews Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I regularly invest in leveraged funds (and less regularly, but not never, in inverse funds), and find it ludicrous that I might have to jump through a bunch of hoops to invest in publicly traded, already approved funds, and unacceptable that there might be periods during which I'm not allowed to invest. They're a small but important part of my overall investment strategy, and I'm quite aware of how they work and their drawbacks.