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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.
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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 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.
Financial Advisor April 2007 David Lawrence	RIM Shot Service pricing is not the sole issue for today's financial advisors to deal with. There are several issues unique to Retirement Income Management practices that require attention.
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.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Anne Field	Compensation Alternatives For advisors targeting younger clients, an AUM-based fee doesn't make much sense, and increasingly high-net-worth clients suspect they are not getting their money's worth.
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.
Investment Advisor October 2010 Maya Ivanova	A Decade of Evolution Advisory practices make gains, but still face challenges
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Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Beck & Tibergien	Is Your Price Right? A groundbreaking new study shows why it may be time for financial advisers to raise their fees.
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?
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.
Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 Jeff Schlegel	Surviving The Plunge Amid falling assets and revenue, advisors try to positions themselves for the eventual upturn.
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad	Advisor Pulse Financial planners are working hard to meet the needs of their retiring clients. But according to a recent survey, they might be doing so at their own expense.
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.
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 Planning December 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad	The Retirement Puzzle Serving retirees might be a lot less profitable than most financial planners imagine. There are certainly opportunities in catering to this wealthy crowd, but only if you know where to look.
Registered Rep. February 23, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Fee-based Business Up, Pricing Down PriceMetrix Chief Executive Doug Trott has a message for fee-based advisors: think about charging more.
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. June 1, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: Crunching the Numbers The industry has come a long way in embracing a fee-based business.
Financial Advisor December 2003 David J. Drucker	So You Want To Charge Retainer Fees? Moving to retainer fees isn't just a computational change; it's a cultural one.
Investment Advisor September 2009 Mark Tibergien	Formulas for Success: In The Absence of Value Does your pricing strategy reflect your worth?
Financial Advisor January 2005 Raymond Fazzi	RIAs Enjoy A Fertile Market Registered investment advisors have an opportunity as more households continue to enter the realm of the "affluent" and seek advice, but they'd better get the operational side of their practices in order.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Maya Ivanova	Listen Up Financial advisory firms are demonstrating their ability to weather the tough times of the last few years. But to continue their profitability in the future, they need to make client service a priority.
Financial Advisor May 2005 Raymond Fazzi	Betwixt And Between Hybrid advisors work in both the fee-based and commission worlds.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 Kevin McKinley	Fee-ling Good Tips for financial advisors on establishing and maintaining fee-based relationships the right way.
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Bob Veres	Fee Rebuttal This isn't a contest where the lowest fees win. When we talk about compensation, the issue should always be a fair price for whatever service is provided. The most important thing advisors can do is align their interests directly with their clients'.
Financial Advisor February 2004 Sydney LeBlanc	Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms.
Investment Advisor November 2007 M. Ivanova & L. Klash	Small Is Beautiful One-size practice management doesn't fit all, as the most profitable firms know well. Many smaller firms can, and do, enjoy a great deal of success without reaching the lofty AUM goals that have become the industry standard.
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Bob Veres	Changing Charges Now that the commissions vs. fees debate is fading from the financial planning profession, a new compensation discussion is on the table.
Financial Advisor February 2006 David L. Lawrence	Tracking Office Tasks Many financial advisory firms are turning to workflow systems to set up tasks, track progress and build accountabilities for task completion: Junxure-I... Act 4 Advisors... Microsoft Outlook 2003... Checklist... Microsoft Project... etc.
Investment Advisor April 2008 Norman M. Boone	Getting Comfortable With Change Here are some communication tips for introducing change to your clients.
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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.
Investment Advisor September 2006 Mark Tibergien	Formulas for Success: Bust of Boom? Financial advisors need to adjust their practices as baby boomer clients age.
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Registered Rep. November 28, 2012 Anne Field	The Measured Practice You can ask for referrals and recruit prospects. But by tracking the time spent on each relationship -- sometimes down to five-minute increments -- with a tight focus on efficiency, these advisors have grown their practices from the inside out.
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.
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