Compensation and Fees
What leading financial advisors, experts and firms are saying about compensation and fees for registered representatives (both independent and employee) and registered investment advisors.
The Institute’s Fiduciary Best Practices: What’s Missing?
By Bob ClarkPractices proposed by the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard are a great start, but can employee brokers really be expected to be fiduciaries for clients?
February 02, 2015
Tweaks to Pay Packages Vary at Wirehouse FirmsFinancial advisors at the wirehouse firms are facing more complex compensation plans in 2015, compensation experts say.“It is becoming close to being…
January 20, 2015
Investors’ top priority: easy-to-understand pricing [chart]One in four investors (27 percent) say they dont know the price paid for investment products and services.
January 16, 2015
Nonqualified deferred compensation plans: What are they and when should they be used?Find out when should nonqualified plans be considered and what types are most commonly used.
January 16, 2015
Nonqualified deferred compensation plans: What are they and when should they be used?Find out when should nonqualified plans be considered and what types are most commonly used.
January 15, 2015
BofA, Merrill See Q4 Drop in ProfitsThe wealth unit, though, boosted sales 3% as advisor production stayed above $1 million.
December 30, 2014
Should CFP Board Settle Camarda Case? My Argument and the Board’s ResponseIs it time to settle the case quietly, before it goes to trial? I say yes, but the CFP Board chairman begs to differ.
December 29, 2014
Wells Fargo Steps Right Up in Compensation ‘Carnival Game’Wells Fargo is the latest to tweak its 2015 pay structure for advisors, making it more complex.