http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/elissa-freeman/ Elissa Freeman leads CHOICE’s consumer advocacy and campaign work in financial services. She has previously campaigned for fair bank fees http://www.fairfees.com.au and ATM disloyalty fees. Elissa is currently focussed on getting a financial advice industry free from commissions. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/its-worth-asking-whos-paying-your-financial-advisor/ Financial planners will no doubt tell you the world has just ended. The government’s corporate regulator, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), this week revealed proposals to ban all commissions, volume bonuses, kickbacks and percentage-based fees paid to financial advisers. But while the industry launches into a noisy whinge, consumers are likely to see things differently. For years consumers have been struggling to figure out if financial advisers are really working for us or whether advisers are simply pushing financial products to serve their own financial interests. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Elissa Freeman) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/its-worth-asking-whos-paying-your-financial-advisor/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/its-worth-asking-whos-paying-your-financial-advisor/#item948 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:40:24 +0000 Elissa Freeman | Author bios | The Punch