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.
FPA President Questions Revisions To CFP Standards Of Conduct
By Warren S. HerschThe head of an association serving the nation's 50,000 licensed certified financial planners is expressing concerns about proposed revisions to the CFP Board's Standards of ...
June 01, 2006
To fee or not to feeThe question of whether to charge fees for financial planning advice or take commissions for selling financial products cannot be answered in the space of a magazine story. Every advisor has to answer that question for himself, find his own comfort
June 01, 2006
Cuts and More at MerrillWhat's gone up is now coming down -- at least when it comes to some cash payouts at Merrill Lynch. Merrill brokers will see cash compensation...
May 31, 2006
To fee or not to feeThe question of whether to charge fees for financial planning advice or take commissions for selling financial products cannot be answered in the space of a magazine story. Every advisor has to answer that question for himself, find his own comfort
May 22, 2006
Milberg Weiss Indicted: A Safe in a CredenzaThere is one imaginatively employed piece of office furniture, along with five named defendants, 20 counts, and more than 100 pages in the indictment issued Thursday [May 18] by a U.S. grand jury in Los Angeles as a result of a long investigation of an alleged rent-a-plaintiff scheme. ...
May 21, 2006
Mega Million Paychecks For Top Insurance ExecsIn 2006, 22 executives at the top 16 insurers that sell life insurance pulled in total compensation of over $261 million, according to regulatory filings.
May 20, 2006
Mega Million Paychecks For Top Insurance ExecsIn 2006, 22 executives at the top 16 insurers that sell life insurance pulled in total compensation of over $261 million, according to regulatory filings.
May 18, 2006
Ohio Regulators Investigate Benefits BrokersThe Ohio Department of Insurance is still checking to see whether insurance brokers told government agency clients enough about their compensation arrangements.Regulators announced Wednesday that ...