Increased knowledge and confidence in mutual funds
An important mission for the Association is to help strengthen the confidence in investments in mutual funds and for the investment funds industry.
The Swedish Investment Fund Association works in several ways to maintain and strenghten the confidence in investment in funds. One way is to boost consumer awareness.
A knowledge of finance and, first and foremost, of personal finance is incredibly important in today’s society. Knowledgeable savers make demands and take informed decisions, which helps, in turn, to ensure an efficiently functioning financial sector. The Swedish Investment Fund Association’s goal is for finance to become an obligatory course of study at upper secondary school level.
Association involvement in the debate
- The Swedish Investment Fund Association is a co-financer of “Ung Privatekonomi” [Young Personal Finances), a school information project that trains around 12,000 young people at Sweden’s upper secondary schools every year on the subject of personal finance and saving in shares and funds.
- The Association is part of a Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority network, established by the Ministry of Finance, which aims to strengthen consumers’ position in the financial market.
- The Association has commented on proposals for new subject plans at upper secondary school level.
- The Association is one of the principals behind the consumer information agency - the Swedish Consumers’ Banking & Finance Bureau.
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