Sentences with phrase «downward fee pressure»

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The good news is the cost - conscious shift from fee - for - service to fee - for - value should put structural downward pressure on the pace of cost growth.

The resulting downward pressure on trading fees broke the business model of many brokers.

(When people predict future downward pressure on mutual fund fees I tell this story about iPods and convertibles.

The savings in fees and the downward pressure they exert on active managers is worth celebrating.

What you can't argue against is the desire of the industry to prod investors into vehicles that provide much higher fees than those found on plain vanilla index ETFs on which we continue to see downward pressure.

As we outlined in our recent white paper, Capitalizing on Disruption: Transforming Asset Managers for 2020, regulatory initiatives, the growth of passive products, and the increase of fee - based advisory business are all exerting downward pressure on mutual fund fees.

Withdrawal of brokerage firms from the equity research business + downward pressure on fees + investor reallocation toward index investing have made traditional active management considerably less lucrative than it was during my working career.

Still, as more and more financial services options flood into Canada, the downward pressure on fees could mount.

After the Labor Department finalized the rule earlier this year, Moody's warned of problems for Fidelity, Franklin Resources, Invesco, and Janus, saying in a report that disclosures would «put downward pressure on fees and may prompt retirement plan sponsors to opt for lower - cost investment products, including greater use of index funds.»

Downward pressure on legal fees, Susskind believes, must drive sweeping changes to the way firms and clients operate.

This has reduced demand and created downward price pressure in the market, which gave rise to some interesting alternative fee structures.

There would be downward pressure on fees, and lawyers would have to determine how to distinguish themselves from not only other lawyers but from non-lawyer experts as well.

Outside law firms will find themselves competing for less work, which will put a downward pressure on fees.

«The downward pressure on fees by not only clients but other lawyers is a problem.

The statement said such forms can benefit consumers by increasing access to legal services and exerting downward pressure on legal fees.

We completely agree with the authors that downward price pressures on legal services and alternative fees are driving the need for law firms to become more efficient.

This would reduce debt loads for new lawyers to such an extent that it would put downward pressure on fees.

The study also found that downward pressure on fees from clients is still seen as the biggest threat to profitability — and concerns are continuing to grow.

Despite a lack of evidence, large firms presume that candidates who go to an elite school make a better lawyer; Bill Henderson explains how elite credentials were repriced when firms experienced a downward pressure on fees.

Short supply combined with high demand typically not only raises sale prices, but also results in downward pressure on fees.

What professional business would give the Franchises the added strength to reverse the current trend of downward pressure on desk fees and such?

They're becoming more frequent in part because of downward pressure on brokerage fees by à la carte and other discount brokerages.

Still, Shyiak admits brokers are increasingly facing a «downward pressure» on what they can charge agents because there are some agents, top producers included, who continue to shop for what he calls «warehouse model brokerages» — those who charge the lowest possible fees and offer the lowest possible services.