Please note my concerns about proposals to limit my access to various publicly traded investments. The bulk of my investments are either individual stocks or ETFs and mutual funds (either stocks, bonds or various alternatives like REITs or commodities). Occasionally, especially in times of market stress or at highs, I will take very modest positions in inverse products to offer some downside protection. I do this quite often to maintain my general strategy without having to sell assets and incur costs including realising capital gains and taxes. Similarly, I can take very small positions in a leveraged product when I don't want to put much money at risk: this is quite rare occurrence. I don't see what you hope to achieve by preventing or making it harder to do this. I consider these to be much more measured approaches than speculative assets like Crypto for example.
Roy Cornford Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08
Please note my concerns about proposals to limit my access to various publicly traded investments. The bulk of my investments are either individual stocks or ETFs and mutual funds (either stocks, bonds or various alternatives like REITs or commodities). Occasionally, especially in times of market stress or at highs, I will take very modest positions in inverse products to offer some downside protection. I do this quite often to maintain my general strategy without having to sell assets and incur costs including realising capital gains and taxes. Similarly, I can take very small positions in a leveraged product when I don't want to put much money at risk: this is quite rare occurrence. I don't see what you hope to achieve by preventing or making it harder to do this. I consider these to be much more measured approaches than speculative assets like Crypto for example.