Commission-based compensation

Though many firms have abandoned commission-based models, they can still be found in certain parts of the country.

In new academic research, experiments involving selections of YouTube videos shed light on the psychology of conflicts of interest.

Planners and experts dive into wirehouse pay, charging clients at a higher rate, emerging business models and other key issues.

The list shows how firms of all sizes face a pivotal balancing act in seeking to recruit and retain advisors.

This interactive tool provides the full collection of data from Financial Planning's 35th annual study of the largest firms in the space.

To hear some regulators tell it, “commission” is code for churning — but the fee-based vogue gives rise to reverse charges, writes Mark Elzweig.

The tumult is the latest example of the pressures that the firm faces as an upstart in the hyper-competitive and tightly regulated brokerage business.

Senior officials are growing wary of how firms are trying to recoup revenue amid the "race to zero" commissions.

Fee wars among asset managers are having small, but notable impacts across the industry and prompting renewed focus on core business.

Faced with the retention risk from the RIA-only channel, firms are trying to alter their company cultures and questioning traditional approaches.

Our industry is one of the few that’s barely experienced pricing pressure ... so far. Here's how to assure you keep providing value to clients.

In the 1960s, iconoclastic reformers started a campaign to kill fixed brokerage fees. Today, we’re witnessing the logical culmination of that effort.

The firm commission-free platform already included all Vanguard mutual funds and ETFs as well as thousands of third-party funds.

While advisors have embraced cheaper trades, the move may have long term effects on strategies for client portfolios.

Money clients don’t currently have in stocks will automatically go into a separate account paying 1.8% interest.

Competitors such as Merrill Edge have taken similar measures on commissions.

The “vast majority” of retail clients already qualified as of October but certain customers were still paying $2.95 a trade.

After acquiring TD Ameritrade, Schwab’s custodial division would grow to about twice the size of its closest competitor.

While the acquisition still needs regulatory approval, combining the two companies could be considered “anti-trust” in a different way.