Security investments always require some risk of incurring financial losses, be it on a small scale or a large scale. This is largely attributed to its unpredictability as the likelihood of financial gain id dependant on the assets and earnings of the issuer.
While investors encounter unfair, improper or fraudulent practices in their course of dealing with other companies or individuals, having an avenue to challenge the misconduct as this is fundamental to their stability. Some of the acts of misconduct to be wary of are insider trading, breach of fiduciary duties or malpractice by brokers, among other things. Thus this area, requires sound knowledge of securities policies and the resources to conduct internal corporate investigations and revel potential and actual breaches of securities polices.