Fee-based compensation

The DoL’s fiduciary rule means advisers can expect additional scrutiny over fees. So how can they prepare for these industry changes?

Commissions-based compensation models are losing ground to fee-based ones. But for broker-dealers, the switch isn’t something to be entered into lightly, Michael Kitces writes.

Adviser Dan Moisand was surprised by the decision not to delay the fiduciary rule further. But he wasn’t put off. Here’s why.

Fee-only advisors should view it as a way to help more people rather than a sales exercise, according to one consultant.

A retiree living off her portfolio suffers hundreds of dollars a year in lost income for every added basis point of fund expense ratio and advisory fees.

The method is gaining traction, even as some warn against abandoning the regular approach.

Life insurance and annuity sales are the elephant in the room when it comes to the fiduciary standard.

Commission-based investors want to keep their accounts, regardless of the fiduciary rule.

Sometimes clients lack substantial portfolios. If that’s the case, planners can tread other paths to reach fair compensation.

Sobering results from a light-hearted survey prompts columnist Bob Veres to change his tune about how advisers use "retainer."

To survive, planners must be willing to change in these five areas, according to the popular industry expert.

Robos, among other pressures, will force an evolution in the percentage of AUM fee model, the custodian head says.

Though some say the rule's future is in doubt, the firm is going ahead with sweeping changes it hopes will make its advisers more competitive.

Adviser Zaneilia Harris seeks out clients who resemble a former version of herself — young, single, African-American women struggling to make wise choices — and keeps them by structuring compensation in an atypical way.

Margins are down and expenses are up, Fidelity's new benchmarking study finds. Pricing models need to be re-visited.

Advisers "have to adapt to a new America," says TD Ameritrade Institutional President Tom Nally.

As brokers seek to redefine their value proposition, advisors need to rethink theirs.

Signing on wholeheartedly can be an effective marketing tool with clients.

A $650M firm serving HNW clients wanted help "navigating regulatory change."