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Unfortunately, historical industry intelligence does not get through to this Minister. Back before 2012, a Public Trust Company (eg, Permanent Trustees), held the investments on behalf of retail investors. The Government did away with this and changed to Responsible Entities with hands on investors' money, including Shield & First Guardian. Why does the Minister not reintroduce Public Trust companies, independent of fund managers, to hold retail money? Blaming advisers after the fraud is "shooting the wrong dog".