Sentences with phrase «because of alternative fee»

«98 % of law firms reported hiring a pricing professional because of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs), followed by cost pressure from clients (77 %),» according to Mr. Johansen.

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It is also expected to account for an even greater share of the total industry revenue, this is because they require higher fees than those charged by hedge funds and declining popularity of other alternative asset vehicles in the aftermath of the subprime mortgage crisis.

More than four years ago, when Scottrade started to charge fees to some no - load mutual funds, Firstrade were mentioned by lot of investors as an alternative because of the fee - free mutual fund trading at Firstrade.

Self - directed investing is the alternative to mutual funds, and I'm part of the camp that believes in self - directed investing because it allows you to save on fees, learn about finance, and potentially post market - beating returns.

In addition, you should carefully review the fees and mortgage rates for an alternative mortgage loan because you may be offered the same rates as the nearest standard - term loan, which may not represent much of a deal.

I also shut down a British Airways card that charged an annual fee because I had a better alternative — a Starwood Preferred Guest Amex card that has a great earn rate and a huge array of ways to use rewards, including a way to dump points into my British Airways frequent flier program, should I want to do so.

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And the alternative use of Avios — booking an international award — might not always make sense because of high taxes and fees.

The question of a new tax or fee being included in a climate bill has been a controversial issue because many Republicans have long dismissed climate control legislation as nothing more than a new tax on consumers, who would face higher energy prices when more expensive alternative energy like wind and solar power replace dirty - burning coal and oil.

In some cases, you will find that different legal cloud - computing systems have partnerships and therefore work together well as part of a seamless system, and because it is a fee - based service, you can expect that there will be more flexible and helpful customer - service alternatives available.

Carr says he employed this type of digital / social RFP because he was seeking tech - savvy firms that offered alternative fees and online billing.

Ransomware software carries various names (i.e., CryptoLocker, Cryptowall, FakeBsod), which provides a revenue stream to hackers because victims would rather pay the fee instead of looking for an alternative option or have to disclose that they were a victim of ransomware software.

I read this post 10 Big Reasons We Need to Reinvent the School Year from Online Colleges and it resonated with me because of my research and recent article — Applying the Alternative Fee Model to Law School Tuition, which has generated some additional discussion.

Our clients in large law firms consistently tell us that they prefer alternative fee arrangements, because they only have to have one budget conversation with their corporate client, as opposed to the old way of an easy one up front and a hard one after trial, and because it is a «set it and forget it» system that allows the lawyers to focus on getting the work done.

KAREN MACKAY: It's interesting because I do hear it from both sides — from general counsel and from managing partners, who are trying to cope with all of this — and in so many firms, because general counsel, the client, has grown up in an hourly rate environment, in many cases, they'll come back with an alternative fee arrangement, it's just a lower hourly rate or a lower hourly rate by volume.

Because of close collaboration, client GlaxoSmithKline was able to pioneer an alternative fees model.

Because the real value of alternative fees is to incentivize a re-design of workflow that (i) increases quality, (ii) speeds up delivery, and (iii) decreases cost.

We also offer a more affordable alternative to the typical Realtor because we require a flat rate fee rather than a percentage of your home sale.