How should the government protect small investors?

Government has released its response to a recent taskforce looking at New Zealand's capital markets, saying it wants to 'rebuild mum and dad investor trust'.

One of the major steps it says it is now considering is the merging of different regulatory functions of the NZ stock exchange, Companies Office and the Securities Commission to form a single market regulator.

How should the government protect small investors? Here is the latest selection of Your Views: