Paul McBeth, writing in the National Business Review on Thursday said that the FMA decided to lean against the market as arbiter of what is fair. Although I am a strong advocate for the marketplace, I have to agree with the FMA on the problem of asymmetrical information, although I don't necessarily agree with everything in this guide, they are reminding us that we have a regulator for a reason.
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