“Investment services” is a general term used to describe a range of activities related to investments in financial instruments. Typically, the most common forms of investment services are the following:

 

• The provision of investment advice whereby investors are provided with personal recommendations on the investments products that would be suitable for them (also known as an advisory service); The purchase or sale of financial products on an execution only basis (therefore without receiving investment advice); or
• The provision of portfolio management services (collective or discretionary).