Posts Tagged ‘fee-based’

Advisor compensation: no fee model is free from potential conflicts

By Dan Hallett on June 16th, 2010

Financial advisor compensation is one of those topics that is hotly debated but never fully resolved.  A recent article by the National Post’s Jon Chevreau sparked a private exchange between me and another person quoted in that article. ...

Adding value to ETF portfolios; how money managers use ETFs; and panic over Greece

By Dan Hallett on May 25th, 2010

In a recent blog post, I warned that advisors may face investment, competitive and/or compliance challenges when using ETFs in a fee-based account for clients.  In the May 2010 issue of Investment Executive, I took the opposite side of the issue...

The challenges of passive fee-based advice; market neutral funds

By Dan Hallett on April 11th, 2010

In the April 2010 Investment Executive, I touch on some of the challenges that advisors face in transitioning to an index-oriented fee-based business model.  Keep an eye out for my follow-up in the May issue, in which I will outline where advisors...

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