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The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization is giving order-execution-only dealers the go-ahead to offer more educational resources to do-it-yourself investors, including alerts, self-assessment tools and sample portfolios.

The self-regulatory organization published proposed guidance on Tuesday aimed at addressing DIY investors’ reliance on unregulated sources of investment information, including social media finfluencers and online forums.

The proposed guidance, resulting from a consultation that ended in February, narrows the definition of what cons

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