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Average Fees for Financial Advisors in 2023

Harness Wealth

The primary fee structures are: Fee-only : Advisors only receive payment from their clients for the services they provide, not receiving any commissions or other incentives from product providers. Fee-based : This structure is a blend of fees and commissions. How Much Should I Expect to Pay for Financial Advice?

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How the SEC Has Strayed From Its Mission

Inside Information

The petition notes that the SEC, in response to litigation from the Financial Planning Association back in 2005, had proposed to go further, and require anyone holding themselves out as a “financial planner” or providing “financial planning services,” or delivering a financial plan to their customers, be required to register as an RIA. .

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Fiduciary Advocate

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The argument with the regulators is that the more they require all advisors (including, of course, wirehouse brokers who call themselves ‘advisors’) to behave as fiduciaries, the more likely investors will be to receive advice in their interests, quality investment counsel, low portfolio expenses and fewer conflicts getting in the way.

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Why an Investment Fiduciary Won’t Always Meet Your Best Interests

Envision Wealth Planning

You may have read that many “so-called” financial advisors do not work in the best interest of their clients (as a fiduciary does). In this case, advisors are employed by a company, whose interests they are paid to uphold. Making things worse, many people simply refer to any financial professional as a financial advisor.

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Should you die and go to hell before selling an annuity?

Sara Grillo

Should those with only insurance licenses that allow them to sell annuities and/or life insurance be held to the same “fiduciary standard” as Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) with the SEC or state regulators? Are commissions bad? Are commissions bad? He does not think it will be in his lifetime. #2

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Should the CFP Board police financial advisor “bad apples”? The debate continues! (Part Two)

Sara Grillo

I do believe it should be different regulated differently from portfolio management, which is the typical definition of the registered investment advisor, but that it shouldn’t be the CFP Board that is controlling the regulatory environment for financial planners. Salaske: What is an investment advisor?

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