While lower
standard commission prices and simplified pricing structures are a welcomed development for many self - directed investors, it is important to understand that there still may be fees that could apply to having an online trading account.
As the only brokerage that has not lowered
its standard commission prices to compete with every other Canadian brokerage, Scotia iTRADE is clearly incentivizing clients with larger balances to pay attention.
CIBC Investor's Edge, along with Scotia iTrade, have been the last of Canada's big bank - owned brokerages to go sub - $ 10 on
their standard commission prices.
The range for
standard commission prices for standard equity trades at Canadian bank - owned brokerages now stands between $ 6.88 (HSBC InvestDirect) and $ 24.99 + (Scotia iTRADE), an almost 4-fold difference; even the difference between $ 6.88 and the current industry standard of about $ 10 appears to be substantial.
In this roundup we look at a major Canadian online brokerage that went temporarily offline, roll outs of a new set of US Dollar registered accounts, the continued ripple effect of
standard commission price drops, a couple of interesting educational resources and finally, some insightful threads from the Canadian investor forums.
If there's one thing that can take a Canadian discount brokerage from obscurity to contender, it's dramatically lowering
its standard commission pricing.
Whatever HSBC InvestDirect's strategy is at this point, it's clear that having
standard commission pricing that is lower than most of the other bank - owned brokerages will make waves with the bigger players in the pool.
For those watching the cost per trade closely, HSBC InvestDirect's new $ 9.88 commission pricing is actually lower than
the standard commission pricing of most of the bank - owned brokerages except for CIBC Investor's Edge who still offers standard commission pricing at $ 6.95 per trade.
The chart below illustrates just how drastic a difference there is between
standard commission pricing at Scotia iTrade and the rest of bank - owned online brokerages.
While none of the online brokerages who provided a submission lowered
their standard commission pricing this year (so far), they have found ways to lower commission pricing on certain products — such as ETFs in the case of National Bank Direct Brokerage, or to enable DIY investors to use loyalty points to pay for commissions (RBC Direct Investing).
It would take until October for the next major price drop to take place, but in a bold maneuver, we broke the news that CIBC Investor's Edge was going to lower
their standard commission pricing to $ 6.95.
Standard commission pricing at Scotia iTRADE ($ 24.99 + per trade) is almost 2.5 x higher than at peer bank - owned brokerage institutions and almost 5x higher in some cases than firms such as Questrade.
As of May 2014, Scotia iTrade is also one of the few major online brokerages that has not lowered
its standard commission pricing.
While they were among the last of the bank - owned discount brokerages to lower their pricing under the $ 10 mark (down from $ 28.95 + per standard commission trade), Investor's Edge took things down much further than their competitors by lowering
their standard commission price to $ 6.95.
This latest move by a Canadian online brokerage comes on the heels of Qtrade's announcement last week that they are lowering
their standard commission price to $ 8.95 and more than 9 months since RBC Direct Investing made waves by lowering their standard trading commission price to $ 9.95.
When RBC Direct Investing lowered their standard pricing to 9.95 per trade in early 2014, it set off a shockwave that culminated in September of 2015 with HSBC InvestDirect finally conceding to lower
their standard commission price to under $ 10 per trade.
Not exact matches
For the old - style agent charging the
standard seven - and - three
commission, though — 7 % on the first $ 100,000 of the sale
price, 3 % on anything over that — life is expected to get tougher.
In those areas that we have mapped, it typically takes us a few hours to go from a mechanism - inspired idea for treating a disease to knowing the companies that might have relevant clinical and preclinical assets to license, the companies from whom a candidate could be
commissioned, trial designs and endpoints, competing and complementary agents, current and future
standard of care, market size, comparable
pricing, financing strategy, and potential acquirers, all meant to enable a thoughtful first - pass assessment of whether an idea could be worth a much deeper assessment.
These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the
price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting
standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
The Department of Labor's fiduciary
standard, and new securities industry account statement rules for greater clarity in the
prices of products, have forced nontraded real estate investment trusts to slice their
commissions.
Should your entry sell at auction, we will charge our
standard seller's
commission based on the hammer
price your entry has achieved.
When major publishers came together to fix the
prices of ebooks to develop a
standard of
pricing, the European
Commission and Justice Department smote them for collusion.
ShareBuilder Investment Plan: Schedule specific dollar amount investments (Tuesdays only) and grow your shares of even high -
priced stocks over time — for lower
commissions than
standard trades.1
As of early September, HSBC InvestDirect has dramatically lowered and simplified their
standard equity
commission pricing from $ 28.88 + per trade down to $ 9.88.
Despite the many trends in products, services and
pricing that have occurred over the last decade the
standard commission rates at bank - owned brokerages have remained largely high and untouched.
In the next section on
pricing, we will take a closer look at the
commission pricing options of «flat - fee»
pricing,
standard pricing and «range
pricing».
Instead of lowering their
standard pricing, however, Scotia iTrade has lowered their best
commission pricing for the active trader segment.
Pricing for options contracts also mirror the
standard and active trader
commission structure.
In this edition of the we take a look at one bank - owned brokerage that has recently dropped their
standard commission rates to a new low, potentially setting the stage for yet another wave of
commission price drops.
With this latest round of
pricing cuts, HSBC InvestDirect has now become the lowest cost Canadian bank - owned online brokerage for both
standard commissions and, as of November 6th, also for active traders.
In a field once thought to be dominated by
standard commission rates, today home sellers select real estate agents on the basis of
price more than any other factor, according to a new survey of nearly 800 sellers, by HomeGain.
There is no complicated
pricing structure, just a
standard competitive
commission rate of 10 % + VAT on each booking.
Yesterday, Andy Tobin of the state's regulator, the Corporation
Commission, presented a plan that includes a goal to generate 80 % of Arizona's power from renewable sources by 2050, a commitment to review the existing Renewable Energy
Standard and Tariff (REST) policy, to use renewables to mitigate peaks establishing a «Clean Peak» standard and to deploy 3,000 MW of energy storage to «leverage low priced energy during the day
Standard and Tariff (REST) policy, to use renewables to mitigate peaks establishing a «Clean Peak»
standard and to deploy 3,000 MW of energy storage to «leverage low priced energy during the day
standard and to deploy 3,000 MW of energy storage to «leverage low
priced energy during the day».
We've been disappointed on various levels, whether it's the slowness to change rules related to brownfields, whether it was the state assembly's refusal to vote on congestion
pricing, whether it's the Public Service
Commission taking a really long time to come up with the final recommendations on the energy portfolio
standard proceedings (so we finally can have really ambitious and well thought out energy efficiency projects for New York City).
Further, some of our profession's biggest competitors, such as trust companies, investment advisers and others are making the professions lack of disclosure in
pricing and
commissions a BIG issue in their presentations to injury victims, highlighting the level of regulatory supervision they need to adhere to and the Fiduciary
Standard they are required to uphold when dealing with the injury victim.
A
standard cover can be pitched as a special offer — In order to earn higher
commissions, agents might sell you a policy by bloating the
price and then offering you a discount on the premium.
At the
standard commission rate, after few showings and a few advertisements, I would be a loser even if it sold at full listed
price, which was doubtful.
In the
standard OREA listing agreement Fody agreed to pay Willaert a
commission of five per cent of the sale
price.
Therefore, if a comparable was sold with a
commission structure attached thereto that differed from those «solds» that had contracted - for, differing, so - called consumer - accepted «
standard»
commission rates, or if a comparable was used that had had a post-contracted listing negotiated -
commission - reduction - scenario between the brokerage (s), designed to facilitate a buy / sell of said property (which scenario no one would be aware of officially), you would be quite correct in assuming that the true sale
price was therefore unknown.
Finally, it might be tempting for a broker to respond to a customer inquiry about a
commission that the
price is
standard or is what some real - estate association suggests they charge.
In many cases, the
standard broker's
commission can offset a portion of the equity value that has been building up in a seller's home or push the
price of a home beyond a buyer's purchasing power.