“I really feel for Claire and financial planners like her, because I have a similar problem. I’ve been journalist for 44 years and always tried to uphold the highest standards. But there are other people called journalists who don’t do that. The standards of my profession are not enforced and, in fact, virtually anyone can call themselves a journalist.”

Alan Kohler, Respected ABC TV and Eureka Report expert writing in Eureka Report.

“It’s not quite that bad for financial planning, but it’s true that, broadly speaking, there are two types of financial planners: genuine independent advisers, and those whose job is to sell products. Both types are called financial planners and poor customers can’t easily tell them apart.”

Read what Alan Kohler, David Koch, Adele Ferguson and others have to say about Claire.