Digital mobile-friendly platforms can make it easier to invest. But those same platforms may influence retail investor decision-making.
Research & reports
Delve into our research on Canadians’ needs and habits in finances and investing.
Canadian attitudes about crypto
The OSC’s Crypto Asset Survey provides useful insights about the crypto ownership and knowledge of Canadians.
Assessing Canadian investor knowledge
You can make more informed investing decisions if you know more about what you know, and don’t know.
Self-Directed Investors: Insights and Experiences
In a year defined by the uncertainty of a pandemic, many retail investors became active in the capital markets.
Investing and the COVID_19 Experience
This study was part of the OSC’s ongoing efforts to monitor the impact of the pandemic on investors and markets.
Protecting Aging Investors through Behavioural Insights
A review of literature from behavioural science, psychology and economics revealed that there are several biases that have a greater impact on decision-making as individuals age.
The Investor Experience 2020
This survey examined the financial stress of the COVID-19 pandemic on retail investors in Canada.
Financial Literacy: A Foundation of the Investor Experience
Achieving progress in increasing financial literacy may be key to strengthening investor protection and experiences.
Improving Fee Disclosure through Behavioural Insights
This research report that identifies behaviourally informed ways to improve how investment fees are communicated to investors.
Encouraging Retirement Planning through Behavioural Insights
This research report that identifies behaviourally informed ways that government, regulators, employers, and financial institutions can encourage retirement planning.
National Investor Research Study
Canadians aged 18-34 are the most likely to believe their standard of living will increase in retirement, despite being the least likely to have started saving for retirement of any age group.
Getting Started: Human-Centred Solutions to Engage Ontario Millenials in Investing
Millennials face barriers when attempting to learn more about or start investing, as well as tactics for addressing these barriers.
