Money Box's programme on The Sins of Commission and possible solutions to the public perception of IFA commission generated a plethora of responses market ranging from criticism of the journalistic bias to support for fund manager performance-based commission.
Jim Potter from Aberdeen, Scotland, keeps his thoughts to the point: I have only one comment. This was never going to be an unbiased programme with a title “The sins of Commission”. It’s absolutely shocking that the BBC can get away with such prejudice in this day and age? What happened to neutral reporting from our great institution. Yeah right! Simon Rice from GMM Insurance in Devon believes intermediaries should be remunerated on investment performance, just as a handful of fund managers have elected to do so: I can never understand the argument that investment advisors put forward abo...
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