Why are investments regulated more than other types of purchase?

Regulation covers the avoidance of fraud (to protect investors from their own ignorance or cupidity), the avoidance of money-laundering (nothing to do with bona fide investors) and has prudential aspects, ie it tries to prevent investment managers from making risky investments that could lead to loss for investors. Regulators believe that people's savings are so important they must be given special protection.

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