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The Motley Fool
March 19, 2004
Whitney Tilson |
The Disgrace of Soft Dollars Massachusetts Financial Services Co. (MFS), the oldest and 11th-largest mutual fund company, announced this week that it has stopped paying brokers in "soft dollars." I can hear the yawns across America, but this is an important issue because investors are being bilked out of billions.   |
Investment Advisor
November 2006
Mark Tibergien |
Just Rewards While compensation plays an important role in driving performance of individuals and the business, it's also important for financial advisors to recognize that money is not an adequate substitute for active management. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Find the Right Broker When it comes to handling your investments, one size doesn't fit all. Shop around. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Keep This Crippling Cost Below 2% Unless you like spending months or years in the red, avoid racking up commission fees. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Mark Tibergien |
Formulas for Success: Are You Overpaid? If your advisory firm is under pressure to reduce or eliminate certain fees, how will you structure payments to yourself and your staff? |
Investment Advisor
January 2008 |
The Compensation Food Chain Performance-based compensation is the future of investment advisor compensation. |
CRM
May 2004
David Myron |
Is Your Compensation Plan Undermining Your CRM Initiative? How to create incentive plans that are in line with your corporate strategy. |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004
Lee & Young |
Is Schwab's Latest Come-On Enough? Brokerage firm Charles Schwab & Co. is slashing commissions in a bid to win over the high-net-worth clients it so badly needs. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
The Best Investment You'll Ever Make Stop wasting money and take control of your finances; put your money into a discount brokerage account. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Der Hovanesian et al. |
How to Fix the Mutual Funds Mess Hidden fees, lax boards, and now scandal. Here's what has to be done. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
The Best Brokerages for Mutual Funds Mutual fund investing can be unnecessarily expensive at some brokerages. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Toddi Gutner |
Broker Or Adviser? Be forewarned: If yours is employed by a brokerage, your interests come second |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
How Steep Are Some Brokerage Fees? Investors, make sure you do your homework before you choose a broker. |
Registered Rep.
January 7, 2011
Kristen French |
Will the SEC Curtail Recruiting Bonuses? With brokerage revenues getting squeezed and regulators sniffing around compensation issues and potential conflicts of interest, it's possible that 2011 could bring some changes to broker comp plans. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Business Booming for Brokerages There's another way to make money off brokerages -- by investing in them. In recent months, business has been brisk at many brokerages, judging by quarterly reports. |
Registered Rep.
September 16, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Schwab's Fee Waivers Add Up Things are looking up for Charles Schwab, with new client assets, brokerage account openings, and daily average trading up versus July. But the firm is bracing itself for a few bumps in the road. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Re-examining Stock Options as a Way to Compensate Executives Now that an underperforming stock market and the excesses of Enron have focused new attention on the use and abuse of stock options as a way to incentivize senior managers, what changes, if any, should companies make in their design of compensation packages? |
Financial Advisor
September 2009
David Lawrence |
Costly Mistakes As financial advisors create their own team practices or go independent and set up independent RIA firms, one of the biggest challenges they face is designing a compensation plan for themselves and those who work with them and for them. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2005
Dayana Yochim |
Great Commercial. Good Broker? Investors, ignore the clever ad campaigns of brokerage firms and focus on what's best for your wallet. Here's a brief guide to choosing a broker. |
Financial Advisor
November 2005
Rebecca Pomering |
Bang For Your Buck People management obviously is a complex area, and one where most advisors are looking for guidance and development. But don't shy away from defining performance expectations for the individuals in your firm and paying them based on their performance. |
Registered Rep.
March 12, 2004
John Churchill |
Huge Growth in Fee-Based Brokerage Fee-based brokerage showed faster growth than any other segment of managed accounts over the last four years, according to a new report from Cerulli Associates. |
CFO
May 1, 2004
Roy Harris |
Raiding the Returns Hidden costs and high fees eat into 401(k) plan benefits. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2004
Will Leitch |
Directed Brokerage Goes Down for the Count The first target has been hit: Directed brokerage is no more, and 12b-1 fees might be in more danger than had been thought. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Brokerage Fees: Low or High? It can be a little more complicated than you might expect to find the best brokerage for yourself. You can get poorer if you're not rich enough. |
Registered Rep.
March 5, 2004
John Churchill |
Is Smaller Better? According to J.D. Power & Associates' "Full-Service Investor Satisfaction Study," regional firms, through more "proactive contact in managing customer accounts," receive higher satisfaction ratings than some of the major national brokerage houses. |
Registered Rep.
August 18, 2004
Will Leitch |
SEC Unanimously Votes to Ban Directed Brokerage The 5-0 vote surprised few. Perhaps more worrisome was the call for comment on overhauling or banning outright 12b-1 fees, which were described as disguised commissions. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Stephanie Bogan |
The Career Ladder Financial advisers will reap significant benefits from planning early and decisively for how to hire and promote new staff members. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Declare Independence From Your Broker You don't need to be a genius to improve your portfolio's performance, and the best way to do so may involve casting off the shackles of your current brokerage. |
Financial Advisor
April 2007
Rebecca Pomering |
The Eat-What-You-Kill Model For advisory firms, the eat-what-you-kill, production-based compensation model inevitably promotes personal development of business and thus implicitly undermines teamwork, integration and sharing of clients, ideas and knowledge. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Should Brokers Get Overtime Pay? Commissions. That's an important word to consider when you think about how your broker may be serving you. For most investors, a solid online brokerage with low fees and a broad range of services is all one needs. |
Financial Advisor
November 2010
Jeff Schlegel |
The Price Is Right Advisory firms and the quest for proper compensation. |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
Reinventing Schwab Though Charles Schwab is still the nation's largest discount broker, competition and a changing landscape have forced it to evolve. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
You Can Start Small You don't need a big bankroll to start investing. A wide range of options are available for investors of modest means, so that you can take what you've already saved and get started. |
BusinessWeek
November 10, 2003
Jeffrey M. Laderman |
Mutual Funds: What To Do Now Wondering how to cope with the growing scandal? Here are some answers. |
Knowledge@Wharton
January 15, 2003 |
Why Some Companies Succeed at CRM (and Many Fail) What makes some companies so much better at managing customer relationships than their competitors? New research suggests three distinct approaches to customer relationship management (CRM), each with dramatically different results. |
Entrepreneur
January 2004
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Under Fire Is it still possible to invest without getting burned? |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
This Fine Print Will Bury You Know what's coming before you need it. Despite the emergence of powerhouse national banks, there's still plenty of competition in the financial industry. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2011
Bob Veres |
Things I Just Don't Understand Is there any profession, anywhere, that's raised its own standards voluntarily, identified and reduced its own conflicts of interest voluntarily and lobbied harder on behalf of consumer protections than the financial planning profession over the past 30 years? |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2004 |
Fussing About Fund Fees Mutual fund fees may look small, but they can eat much of your earnings. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Going for Brokers Switching brokers can be an easy (and thrifty) move. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2004
Robert Brokamp |
The Fund Fees You Don't See A study shows that almost half of shareholder costs are undisclosed or nearly impossible to find. While the recent mutual fund scandals raise serious questions about whom we should trust with our money, the actual dollar cost to most individual investors isn't that high. There are far more significant ways funds siphon off our dollars. And they're just as hidden. |
CRM
December 2010
Jim Dickie |
CRM's Most Underutilized Feature The industry needs to overcompensate for its tragic misuse of compensation management |
The Motley Fool
February 21, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Cash In at Your Brokerage Think about what you really need when you're shopping for a new broker. Read on for our list of things you might consider. |
Financial Advisor
January 2004
Tracey Longo |
How Much Should You Earn? The biggest mistake advisors make is failing to align their compensation strategy with their business strategy. Instead, they'll use compensation as a substitute for active management. They'll throw money at people and problems. |
Registered Rep.
August 2, 2010
Anthony Riotto |
Filling The Talent Gap With Private Bankers When the market picks up there will be a tremendous demand for client service talent with the sales and relationship management skills found with private banker, brokerage firms and RIAs. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Donald B. Trone |
Last Step: Monitor A closer look at the final step in the investment management process: Monitor. Plus, clues about when it might be time to fire your money manager. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
John Churchill |
The Money Squeeze There's one thing that stands between the big retail brokerage firms and the high profit margins that the executives of these firms and their investors seek: the financial advisor. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
11 Companies Rewarding Failure Investors, take a closer look at compensation, and ask yourself whether the CEOs of the companies you own are earning your respect and confidence -- or just earning more than they deserve. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2011
Bogan & Doss |
Compensation Challenge Designing a compensation strategy that supports a firm's philosophical framework while also acknowledging its financial resources and goals helps ensure an effective plan that promotes the growth of people and profits. |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Pay Your Broker for Free Funds No-load funds don't cost a dime to buy -- except from some brokers. |
