{"title":"Use of Prospectuses by Investors and Professional Advisers","authors":"I. Ramsay","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.555901","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This study reports the results of a survey of Australian investors and their professional advisers on how they use prospectuses and the utility of prospectuses. Information is obtained in relation to prospectuses for managed funds and direct share investments and includes (a) the most popular source of information for investment decisions, (b) views on the utility of prospectuses, and (c) how often trading is undertaken.","PeriodicalId":43510,"journal":{"name":"Company and Securities Law Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2004-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Company and Securities Law Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.555901","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"LAW","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study reports the results of a survey of Australian investors and their professional advisers on how they use prospectuses and the utility of prospectuses. Information is obtained in relation to prospectuses for managed funds and direct share investments and includes (a) the most popular source of information for investment decisions, (b) views on the utility of prospectuses, and (c) how often trading is undertaken.