As well as hitting sales targets, many advisers in banks receive a hefty commission for getting a customer to sign on the dotted line.

Either estate agents are absurdly credulous or, blinded by the prospect of a hefty commission, they ignore their legal duty.

The cost of investing in these expensive initial capital units has to cover hefty commission to salesmen and advisers used by many insurance companies right up to the late 1990s.

Yes, they take a hefty commission, but they have the policies in place to reduce the risk of things going badly, too.

And, since you will have to change the deposit anyway, they ask if you wouldn't mind advancing them a further amount - ¤100,000, say - in return for a hefty commission.