Investor Corner/The wider picture

5.4 Investor Protection

How to tell an adviser from a distributor, read a star rating without being misled by it, and spot the warning signs of a scam or an unregistered finfluencer before money is at risk. The line between an adviser and a distributor, or between a genuine track record and a misleading star rating, is not always obvious, and that gap is exactly where scams and unregistered finfluencers operate. This section is about recognising the warning signs before money is at risk, not after.