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.
There Is No Perfect Custodian, but . . .
By Mike PattonThis past week I received a couple of phone calls from advisors who were seeking an unbiased opinion about my custodian, TradePMR. Although I've written...
February 04, 2010
Labor Weighs In On Schedule C Comp ReportingThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued a new batch of advice that will affect how insurers, benefit plan administrators and benefit plan sponsors go about calculating 2009 "reportable compensation."
February 04, 2010
Labor Weighs In On Schedule C Comp ReportingThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued a new batch of advice that will affect how insurers, benefit plan administrators and benefit plan sponsors go about calculating 2009 "reportable compensation."
January 26, 2010
Wealth Management Firms Not Merging With Wirehouse TeamsTheoretically, there should be more mergers of wirehouse teams into wealth management firms. Why aren't there?
January 18, 2010
House Unit To Mull Bank PayThe House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing Friday on the compensation practices at big banks.
January 18, 2010
House Unit To Mull Bank PayThe House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing Friday on the compensation practices at big banks.
January 05, 2010
Wells Fargo's New Deferred Comp: Tied to Net New AssetsBrokers with Wells Fargo Advisors can earn up to 2 percent of total sales in 2010 by meeting certain targets for net new client assets.
January 04, 2010
AIG Loses Exec, Wins TARP Comp RulingAmerican International Group Inc. (NYSE:AIG) says it is losing a vice chairman as a result of government compensation restrictions but has won permission to improve the comp package of an executive who is staying.