Commission Communication Fee Only Sales 
Nerd's Eye View
MARCH 20, 2023
In part, this is due to the many commission-based advisors whose compensation depends on the sale of insurance or investment products, where the price that a client pays is baked into the price of the product or is included in (often opaque) fees associated with buying, selling, and/or holding the investment.
MainStreet Financial Planning
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
During recent conversations, I’ve come across several people unfamiliar with the concept of fee-only financial planning, let alone considering it as a feasible choice. Importantly, we do not accept sales commissions or any compensation beyond what is directly agreed upon with our clients.
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Inside Information
MAY 30, 2023
In the accompanying articles, you will read how the ‘top’ broker-dealers are not really in the sales business anymore; they are now becoming national advisory firms. In most cases, with a few exceptions, sales are 40% or more of the total revenues, and are more often over 60%.
Sara Grillo
JULY 10, 2023
He asked for help and found a support community Right now Thomas is a fee-only fiduciary financial advisor. But when he started out, he was working for a broker-dealer firm that charged commissions. He stumbled across a man named Russ Ford who was a fee-only flat fee advisor, and he liked the message.
International College of Financial Planning
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
They may charge for their services either on a commission basis or hourly rates. However, our advice is to trust financial planners who either take a flat annual fee or charge per hour for managing your portfolio instead of charging a commission on every stock they buy or sell. Go for Fee-Only Financial Advisors.
Inside Information
OCTOBER 30, 2021
Rostad is currently focused on what he sees as our best chance for meaningful reform: getting the Commission to revise the Form CRS disclosure so that it provides a clearer explanation of the different business models of broker-dealers/wirehouses, on the one hand, and fiduciary RIAs registered with the SEC on the other.
Sara Grillo
APRIL 11, 2022
” As an hourly financial advisor he doesn’t make commissions for recommending products such as private REITs, structured products, etc. And it’s just all hourly, there’s no way you win there at all, no product sales. I was managing their money in. SARA GRILLO, CFA: The attire you hybrid or A and M.
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