"The patient has survived a relatively complex operation. It has required years of preparation and a lot of money, but the patient survived," says Lars Bo Bertram, CEO of Danish asset manager Bankinvest.
His metaphor describes the work to take commission out of the equation in dealings with banks and mutual funds as of July 1, 2017 in Denmark and Jan. 1, 2018 in the rest of the EU.
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