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.
Dear OFS: About That Compensation Report . . .
By staff WriterThe Office of Financial Stability (OFS) is asking for comments on the Troubled Asset Relief Program executive compensation data collection effort.
June 25, 2010
AIG Sketches New Executive Pay PlanAmerican International Group Inc. has outlined a plan aimed at attracting and retaining executives as it works to repay the government, which owns about 80% of the company.
June 17, 2010
Harvard's Bebchuk Urges More Shareholder Control of Executive PayStandard pay arrangements reward executives for short-term gains and generate incentives for them to take excessive risks and trade off long-term stock performance, says an in-depth Harvard study on how to tie compensation to shareholder value.
June 01, 2010
The Business of Advice: Paying to FailEveryone has heard the old adage "you get what you pay for." Applying this maxim to an advisory firm leads to the conclusion that more...
May 01, 2010
What's Your Advice WorthWith the advisory role expanding and profit margins shrinking, industry chatter has turned to a touchy topic: the advisor's price tag. As Dennis Gallant, president of...
April 23, 2010
Morgan Stanley's Branch Plans: Consolidation to 750 Offices in U.S.In the latest quarter (ended March 30, 2010), MSSB had 18,140 financial advisors, down a tad from 18,135 in the fourth quarter of 2009 and 18,444 in the second quarter of 2009.
April 01, 2010
New York producers face new compensation disclosureThink you've got too many consumer disclosures to deal with?
March 31, 2010
New York producers face new compensation disclosureThink you've got too many consumer disclosures to deal with?