Investors should demand better advice (Continued from page 30) Low interest rates have motivated many to invest in equity based assets and this is often done through mutual funds. Mutual fund assets are expected to approach $300 billion by the end of the decade. That will represent a 10 times growth since the 1990 total of $30 billion. Currently there are just under $130 billion of mutual fund assets in Canada. Banks and trust companies will attract most of the nonâ€"equity assets. They will also increase their equity assets as deposit holders transfer out of fixed income instruments. Attitudes towards risk are changing too. In 1994, the middle income investor has joined the more affluent investor in seeking a higher return for assuming a higher level of risk. There still is a lack of differentiation between short and longâ€"term risk. 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