Financial Planners want level playing field on commissionsBY ALISON BEVEGE | WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011 12:00PMStockbrokers should be subject to the same rules on conflicted remuneration and commissions as the rest of the financial services industry and not seek special dispensation, financial planners have said. |
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