Seven in 10 broker/dealer advisors say they’re satisfied with their current compensation packages, yet more than half of wirehouse advisors (62%) indicate their compensation plans are overly complex, ...

Major financial industry thought leaders, like Michael Kitces and Bob Veres, have written about the growth of incorporating fiduciary standards and fee-for-service structures as important developments ...

Bradford Smithy, CIMA, is a founding partner at Elevation Point, where he leads the firm's wealth management business. With more than 30 years of wealth management experience, Smithy champions advisor ...

As valuations continue to rise across the industry, more firms are using compensation to invest in their top talent and ...

National brokerage firms are now sharing updates to financial advisors' compensation plans for 2025, a yearly event that often brings new requirements for earning bonuses or changes to how firms ...

Just weeks after losing a $1.1 million arbitration award to former advisors in a fight over deferred compensation, Morgan Stanley on Monday defeated a similar lawsuit from eight former brokers who ...

Competition for talent among registered investment advisors is fierce, and Charles Schwab identifies three core areas in what it calls the employee value proposition: compensation; benefits; and the ...

Some financial advisors are paid by mutual fund companies for as long as their clients own their funds. Here's how it works.