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The Office of Investor Education and Advocacy
USINFO | 2013-11-13 13:57
The SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is dedicated to serving the needs of individual investors.
The office provides a variety of services to address the problems and questions people may face as investors.,and can provide unbiased information on investment choices and on protecting people from securities fraud or abuse.
The Office of Investor Education and Advocacy has three main functional areas:
If people have suffered wrongdoing at the hands of a broker or investment adviser, the Office of Investor Assistance wants to hear from them. It makes investors know their legal options and how they can pursue a resolution on their own.
The office has a staff of dozens of investor assistance specialists nationwide who stand ready to help these people. Each year, it receive tens of thousands of calls, e-mails, web-form submissions, and letters from investors who had complaints or questions.
