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On Wall Street November 1, 2011 Michelle Lodge	Five Questions With Patrick Kennedy So-called sympathy pricing, or discounting, of transactional trades runs rampant in the full-service brokerage industry, says Patrick Kennedy, co-founder and VP, product and technology, for the intelligence-solutions firm PriceMetrix.
Financial Advisor November 2007 Tracey Longo	Is Your Price Right? A select group of advisors are significantly increasing their planning fees. Here's the lowdown on unbundling and how your pricing helps or hurts your firm.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: Crunching the Numbers The industry has come a long way in embracing a fee-based business.
Investment Advisor October 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	A Shot in the Dark When giving advice on investments as full-service reps do, what is that worth as opposed to taking orders for execution as discount brokers do? It has been difficult to analyze whether full-service representatives are getting paid what they are worth, relative to their peers.
Registered Rep. December 15, 2011 Diana Britton	Want to Outperform in 2012? Fire Some Clients The fastest-growing advisors in 2012 are likely going to be those who can become more calculated and deliberate about the types of clients they do business with.
Registered Rep. November 22, 2010 Charles Paikert	Fewer Small Accounts Mean More Production For Advisors: Study What's more, firms that more aggressively reduced small household concentrations among their advisors added approximately $45,000 per advisor in production.
Financial Advisor May 2005 Raymond Fazzi	Betwixt And Between Hybrid advisors work in both the fee-based and commission worlds.
Investment Advisor September 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	A Trend Confirmed? Advisory fees overtake commission revenue at Commonwealth. So what does this mean for the independent broker/dealer industry? Will other firms soon reach the point at which fee revenue dominates?
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 J. Scott Slater	On Beyond AUM More advisors should look to drive additional revenue from charging separate fees for value-added services.
On Wall Street September 1, 2009 Bill Willis	Staying the Course No More Wealth managers at the major firms are seeing a proliferation of practicable ideas in recent months, offering products that are a call to action for both their advisors and clients.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: "Fee-Based" is a Four Letter Word for Financial Advisor Clients Do you use the term "fee-based" with clients and prospects? If so, well, don't.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Megan Leonhardt	(No) Experience Necessary When it comes to being a financial advisor, the more experience -- the more years you have on you -- the better, right? Not quite. A new study shows that firms should be cautious when bringing aboard advisors heavy on experience.
Financial Advisor November 2006 Tracey Longo	Is The Price Right? When it comes to pricing, many financial advisors are nowhere near as efficient and profitable as they could be.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 Kevin McKinley	Fee-ling Good Tips for financial advisors on establishing and maintaining fee-based relationships the right way.
Registered Rep. June 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: The Slowly Disappearing Commission Moving from a commission-based business to one based on fees, advocates argue, removes conflicts and puts advisors on the same side of the table as their clients.
Registered Rep. June 4, 2013 Diana Britton	Fading Bull Our annual compensation survey shows advisors are riding the market rally -- so what happens when it ends?
Financial Advisor January 2005 Tracey Longo	How Fee-Based Programs Led 2004 Brokerage Profits Fee-based profitability is not lost on brokerage executives, who are ramping up programs designed to attract more planners to a fee-based business model and away from traditional commissions.
Financial Advisor May 2004 Raymond Fazzi	Niche Players Provide More Choices For Advisors Many are trying hard to differentiate themselves---and are succeeding.
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Scott Schutte	Valuing Your Services Have financial planners themselves compromised the value of the service that is the foundation of nearly all client relationships: investment management? If so, what's the solution?
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 John Churchill	You're Worth So Much More Clients might not agree, but there's rising evidence that advisors are not charging enough for their services.
Investment Advisor September 2005 Mark Tibergien	Formulas for Success: The Price of Everything... If you're not adding profit into what each financial advisory client costs, you're losing money. Advisors who use a combination of performance fees tied to assets and a retainer tied to more complex planning are able to consistently demonstrate their value.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Don't Fear Your Fees RIAs are loathe to increase rates, believing it alienates clients. But industry insiders say advisors have more juice than they suspect. Here's how to get a raise.
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Howard J. Stock	Back Office Move Has Advisors Up In Arms -- Some Bolt Questions surround what will happen to BAI clients when Merrill moves their accounts from National Financial to Merrill Lynch.
Registered Rep. September 29, 2005 John Churchill	Are You Charging Enough? With competition fierce -- and clients more informed than ever -- it's important to make sure that you are not selling yourself short. In fact, you may not be charging enough for your financial advisory services.
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	Advisor Pulse A new study reveals that while 95% of all financial advisors believe they've talked about fees with their clients, only 66% of customers say their advisor has initiated a fee discussion with them.
Registered Rep. July 5, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	When Advisors Add Value, Pricing Power Follows Advisors who want to charge more for their services have to differentiate themselves from their competitors.
Financial Advisor July 2008 Rebecca Pomering	When Is The Price Right? To answer the question -- how much, or equally important, in what way should an advisor be charging -- one has to understand a number of things about an advisor's practice.
Financial Planning October 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Knowing Their Worth Many advisors are squeamish about taking anything other than a flat percentage fee for assets under management.
Financial Advisor November 2008 Gail Liberman	War Breaks Out For Wirehouse Brokers The economic crisis on Wall Street, among many other things, is causing wirehouse brokers to reconsider the value proposition offered by the giant financial service firms.
Registered Rep. July 7, 2010 David A. Geracioti	Compensation 2010. Crisis? What Crisis? 2009 income for RIAs -- while lower than 2008, in some cases by a lot -- rebounded fairly nicely, bringing earnings back to 2007 levels.
Investment Advisor January 2008	The Compensation Food Chain Performance-based compensation is the future of investment advisor compensation.
Registered Rep. September 10, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Existing Clients Want More Advice The good news for reps is that the world doesn't hate you. The bad news is that acquiring clients -- particularly affluent ones -- is getting a lot more tough.
Registered Rep. February 2, 2010 Kristen French	Fidelity Makes Trade Pricing Uniform For RIA And Retail Clients Fidelity's RIA custody division, Institutional Wealth Services, said it was cutting fees for U.S. equity and options trades. It also began offering commission-free online trades for its iShares ETFs and Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index Tracking Fund.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Don't Pay Twice for Advice There's nothing inherently wrong with paying for financial advice. But there's a big difference between paying once for a good financial plan versus paying high fees year after year, through good times and bad.
Registered Rep. May 8, 2013 Diana Britton	Moving on Up: Go Independent and Make More $ Advisors who switched firms saw a jump in their compensation, especially among those who went independent.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Amy Leavitt	Don't Sell, Help In clients' minds, your fees are a leading indicator of the value they will realize from your services. Communicate clearly the value of your services to potential clients to make certain they understand the value they will realize for their fee. One tool to do this with is pricing.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 David A. Geracioti	What Advisors Look Like Now Here are selected highlights from a reader survey selected from wirehouses, independent broker/dealers, RIAs, financial planners, bank brokers and insurance reps that offers a pulse from this demographic on business trends.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Sharp Words for the NASD From Raymond James' Averitt The CEO directed biting criticism towards NASD regulators currently investigating fee-based advisory practices. Advisors also pointed out that the asset allocation and investing processes are being left out of the equation.
Financial Advisor March 2006 Nancy Lininger	Letters to the Editor The New Advisory-World Order: Commissioned reps have lost clients over the years to discount brokers, day traders and now, the divine fee-only advisor. Firms embracing fees and commissions, and offering the most services and compensation options, will be reborn.
Financial Advisor May 2006 Tracey Longo	What Have You Done For Me Lately? The race is on among independent broker-dealers to recruit more top fee-based advisors.
Financial Advisor March 2012	Wirehouses Still King Of The Hill Despite headlines about breakaway brokers and the ascendency of the independent, fee-based advisory model, the Big Four wirehouses are still holding their own.
Registered Rep. June 30, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly.
Financial Advisor April 2005 David L. Lawrence	Linking Client Profitability To Client Acquisition Goals The kind of financial advisory practice you operate will determine the type of client you seek.
Financial Advisor July 2006 Dorothy Hinchcliff	Climbing A Stairway To Heaven As boomers age and spend their savings, financial advisors will need to adapt their practices.
Investment Advisor August 2007 Maya Ivanova	A Victim of Success? A recent survey of registered investment advisors reports that while advisors recognize that marketing is a key component of their business, few devote enough time to this vital activity.
Registered Rep. December 17, 2014 Jerry Gleeson	Meet Your Robo Advisor Like other firms often maligned as "robo-advisors," Personal Capital provides an online platform of free tools that let investors track and benchmark their holdings.
Registered Rep. October 6, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Advisors Working with Spouse See Success Among advisors working as part of a team, the most successful are husbands and wives, according to new research by PriceMetrix.
Registered Rep. August 31, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Sharp Words for the NASD By Raymond James' Averitt Dick Averitt of Raymond James Financial Services had some particularly harsh words for the National Association of Securities Dealers over fee-based accounts in a speech at RJFS' semiannual financial conference on Monday morning.
Registered Rep. November 4, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	Rep-as-Portfolio Manager Programs Taking Off Despite the compliance hurdles, more than one third of financial advisors see direct handling of clients' assets by FAs acting as their portfolio managers clearly outpacing other fee-based management styles in the next three years.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 David A. Geracioti	Outgrowing the Series 7? Registered investment advisors must take the Series 65 exam. As the line between brokers and financial advisors blurs, what responsibilities do brokers that dispense advice and collect a fee based on assets have?