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Fee-Offset: When Paying Your Advisor a Commission Can Be in Your Best Interest

Advisor Perspectives

Then any commissions earned from the sale of products, usually insurance products, are credited back to the client, offsetting and reducing the annual fee by the amount of the commission. A planner using a fee-offset model sets an annual fixed fee for their services.

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Automating Health Insurance Sales, Back-Office, and Commission Accounting

NAIFA Advisor Today

Enrollment, quoting, customer management and engagement, and commissions are handled by disparate platforms that lack communication and may not be tailored to the industry's specific needs.

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NAPFA Updates Membership Standards to Allow for Some Commissions

Wealth Management

The membership organization for fee-only advisors will now allow for a de minimis amount of commission business, as long as it's relinquished.

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Fee-Only vs. Commission-Based Information

Inside Information

Their incentives and model are similar to commission-based advisors, whose service inevitably revolves around products that may or may not be in the best interests of their customers. The trade and professional press is paid for by advertisers and promoters—who also, by the way, pay the PR people to fill those pages.

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Raymond James to Pay $12.5M for 'Unreasonable' Commission Charges

Wealth Management

Raymond James will pay more than $12 million to settle charges of 'unreasonable commissions' on transactions, according to state regulators.

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Sorry, Home Sellers: The 6% Commission Isn’t Going Anywhere

Advisor Perspectives

But for nearly a century, there’s been one part of the process where haggling doesn’t fly: the 5% to 6% standard commission charged by US realtors. Negotiation is an essential part of buying or selling a home.

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#FA Success Ep 332: Transitioning From (A Father’s) Commissions-Based Practice To Fee-Based Planning As A G2 Advisor, With Liz Hand

Nerd's Eye View

Liz is the co-owner of Pleasant Wealth, a hybrid advisory firm based in Canton, Ohio that oversees $146 million in assets under management for 522 client households.