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.
UBS to Buy McDonald after Piper Jaffray Deal Closes
By Janet LevauxWhat do you do after gobbling up some 700 Piper Jaffray advisors? If you're UBS, you make another deal -- this time to rake in...
September 11, 2006
Agency May Rewrite Accountant Independence RulesThe Employee Benefits Security Administration may write new rules relating to the independence of employee benefit plan accountants.The U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA's parent, wrote ...
August 10, 2006
McCamish Updates Producer Comp ManagerA software company has developed a new version of a product that helps insurers track relationships with agents and brokers.McCamish Systems L.L.C., Atlanta, has released ...
July 30, 2006
FPA President Questions Revisions To CFP Standards Of ConductThe 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 ...
July 30, 2006
FPA President Questions Revisions To CFP Standards Of ConductThe 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 ...
July 27, 2006
Persuading Employers To TakeAmericans are awfully fickle. What's hot one day can easily fall out of favor the next, often for no apparent reason. That's true for clothing ...
July 27, 2006
Persuading Employers To TakeAmericans are awfully fickle. What's hot one day can easily fall out of favor the next, often for no apparent reason. That's true for clothing ...
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