Financial advisors are currently enjoying a golden age of sorts. The broad stock market continues to trade near record highs, ...

Flat fees and asset-based (or AUM) fees are two of the most common advisor compensation structures. As outlined in the question, when working with a flat-fee advisor, you pay a certain absolute ...

Our investment management business generates asset-based fees, which are calculated as a percentage of assets under management. We also sell both admissions and sponsorship packages for our ...

The most common structure is to levy fees based on a percentage of the assets under management (AUM). The average asset management fee is around 1% of a client's portfolio value. So, if a client ...