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.