Not exact matches
I explained that the massive
fees levied by a variety of «helpers» would leave their
clients - again in aggregate - worse off
than if the amateurs simply invested in an unmanaged low - cost index fund,» he recapped, writing in Berkshire's annual shareholder letter.
Wealthfront Inc., one of the biggest with more
than $ 800 million in
client assets, doesn't charge an advisory
fee on the first $ 10,000 of assets under management.
Vanguard plans a big push among
fee - only financial advisers, who charge
clients a percentage of the assets being managed rather
than relying upon commissions.
The higher -
than - average annual
fees SAC charges
clients — as much as 3 percent of assets and 50 percent of profits — cover the expenses of running his hedge funds, including employee compensation, and generate profits for Cohen as the principal owner.
This would mean brokers could take undisclosed kickbacks to push certain products, and place their interests ahead of their customers — recommending mutual funds and other products that earned them the highest
fees, rather
than served the interests of
clients.
We'd rather charge less in
fees than spend our
clients» money on gifts to our
clients that they wouldn't have bought for themselves.
Summing up the numbers,
client equity growth and prevailing interest rates are much more essential
than trading
fees for U.S. brokers from a net income perspective.
His thought was that the active managers who collect massive
fees would leave their
clients «worse off»
than the amateurs who simply invested in unmanaged low - cost index funds.
Actually the number of True Fans needed for a coach to prosper is probably much less
than 1000, because coaching
clients pay a pretty high
fee to work one - on - one with their coach.
«I doubled my coaching
fees and signed more
clients in one month working with Marc
than I had in the previous six months!»
Most of these robo advisors charge less
than 1 %, with some south of.20 %, versus the standard investment advisor
fee range of 1 - 3 % on a
client's portfolio.
By allowing advisors to receive commissions and economic benefits other
than client advisory
fees, we believe there are inherent conflicts that exists.
For many advisors this means that the value they deliver is worth more
than the
fee they charge their
clients.
More troubling
than USADA's
fee structure are the accommodations that it seems to have made for
clients who either pay more for its services or use USADA on a regular basis.
The agent has said repeatedly that having his
clients sign directly with European clubs keeps the costs for those clubs lower
than if transfer and compensation
fees are added on.
The scheme provided SILVER with two different streams of unlawful income: (i) approximately $ 700,000 in kickbacks SILVER received by steering two real estate developers with business before the state legislature to a law firm with which he was associated, and (ii) more
than $ 3 million in asbestos
client referral
fees SILVER received by, among other official acts, awarding $ 500,000 in state grants to a university research center of a physician who referred patients made ill by asbestos to SILVER at Weitz & Luxenberg.
Silver received more
than $ 3 million in referral
fees for asbestos
clients sent to his law firm, Weitz & Luxenburg, by a doctor, in exchange for state funding for research and other perks, the complaint alleges.
Authorities said more
than $ 3 million of that was obtained in «asbestos
client referral
fees Silver received by, among other official acts, awarding $ 500,000 in state grants to a university research center of a physician who referred patients made ill by asbestos to Silver at Weitz & Luxenberg.»
Silver allegedly received millions of dollars in referral
fees from Weitz & Luxenberg, and was credited with referring more
than 100
clients, many of whom were referred for asbestos cases, according to the complaint.
More
than 100 years later, attorneys for another powerful Manhattan politician, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, argued that his
client's reaping millions of dollars in legal
fees from entities with matters before state government was simply business as usual in Albany.
Ms. Baxter, whose
fees start at $ 130, insists that
clients who go out with a pro have better odds of success
than those who troll with an untrained male buddy.
The BRZ Premium starts at $ 26,315 including the $ 820 destination and delivery
fee (which is $ 100 more
than the 2016 BRZ Premium), while the BRZ Limited will require $ 28,465 (with the same $ 820
fee), but
clients can throw the Performance Package into the mix for an additional $ 1,195 honorarium.
For riskier loans like those for
clients with no income or seeking second mortgages, the
fees are usually higher
than those for bank loans are.
I can't think of another industry in which there is so much ignorance around costs.Nearly all financial
fees are deducted from assets automatically, rather
than clients receiving and paying an invoice.
At RBC Direct Investing, however, trading to avoid the maintenance
fee is actually more expensive
than paying the maintenance
fee because
clients have to trade at least 3 times per quarter to qualify for an exemption.
Clients who got more money, net of
fees, from putting a given amount into a GMWB
than investing it otherwise; specifically due to the RRIF - matching part of the contract
If the
client's combined assets across all accounts are less
than $ 15,000, a total
fee of $ 25 per quarter split across all accounts with apply.
Fred Kirby is a
fee - for - service financial planner who writes an investment and retirement planning newsletter from the outskirts of Armstrong, B.C. Alan Fustey is a portfolio manager at Index Wealth Management in Winnipeg, and has been using ETFs with
clients for more
than a decade.
The wrap
fee is calculated as a percentage of net assets in the
clients account rather
than on transactions.
We'd rather charge less in
fees than spend our
clients» money on gifts to our
clients that they wouldn't have bought for themselves.
As far as charging your
clients for this service, we believe that if you go the extra mile for your
clients, you will receive back more rewards (by way of closed loans, goodwill and word of mouth)
than any small
fee you might charge for printing and sending a few letters.
Many advisory teams in Canada generate more
than $ 1 million in commissions or from asset - based
fees from
clients.
Besides our lower
than average AUM
fee, our «active» style can also be a benefit to our
clients.
Annual administrative
fees and exemptions are based on all accounts held by a
client under the same account root (i.e. all accounts where the first six characters are identical), rather
than on each individual account.
Also,
clients who have RSP accounts and less
than $ 25,000 in aggregate across all iTrade accounts and who place less
than 12 commission generating trades per year are subject to annual
fee of $ 100.
Morningstar concludes that, conceptually, «clean share classes would simply charge
clients for managing their money (and other associated expenses) without indirect payments —
fees charged to investors by the fund company that they in turn send to an affiliate or third party for services other
than managing a portfolio of stocks or bonds.»
Jason Heath, of Toronto - based
fee - only planners Objective Financial Partners, leans to advising
clients to defer CPP / OAS to 70 for those whose life expectancy is average or longer
than average.
When an agent quotes a home inspector's
fee to a
client, they are potentially setting the
client up to pay more or less
than what the inspector expects to receive.
We are always available to talk with
clients and, not - so - incidentally, we charge lower
fees than the vast majority of our competitors.
Interestingly, Nationwide Asset Services was also required to report on 180 of their
clients who actually did complete their plans, yet paid more in settlements and
fees than they owed before they even started the plan.
Although it may sound so much better
than adding thousands in closing
fees to your principal balance, you have to analyze each individual loan and
client situation to determine the benefits.
This, they do by charging higher interest rates
than banks and leaving
fees associated with the mortgage to the
clients.
Clients who invest more
than $ 500,000 with Steadyhand receive a whopping 40 % discount on
fees.
«Less
than 10 % of my
clients think leaving an estate is their biggest goal,» says David Martin, a
fee - for - service adviser at the Halifax office of Toronto - based Weigh House Investor Services (formerly Second Opinion Investor Services).
The complaint alleges that Calamos extracted higher investment advisory
fees from the Growth Fund
than from «third - party, arm's length institutional
clients,» even though advisory services were «similar» and «in some cases effectively identical.»
More
than three - quarters (77 %) of the 69 consultants surveyed said target - date fund reviews are the top priority over the next year for their plan sponsors
clients, closely followed by an evaluation of investment
fees (73 %).
I understand this viewpoint — but in reality, many commission - based advisors try to move their
clients into new products every few years, thus generating more commissions, and in many cases costing more
than a
fee - only advisor who charges a percentage of assets.
So often times that
client is going to opt for bankruptcy because typically they're low income and they're not able to pay much more
than just what a minimum
fee bankruptcy would cost which is usually about $ 200 a month over a period of nine months but the odd time the consumer really wants to do a proposal, the age range is pretty dramatic.
Working on a
fee basis is generally fairer for both the
client and advisor
than getting paid via commissions.
The firm advertises it's likely more affordable
than other firms thanks to changes in how
clients are billed, so it does not «charge hefty annual advisor
fees of 1 % or more.»