As the profession has shifted from product sales to providing and implementing a client’s financial plan, compensation models have also adapted. Now, with the Department of Labor’s pending fiduciary ...

Q: Now that business is starting to pick up again, I am thinking of trying to charge my clients an annual retainer fee for travel counseling and booking. The fee will be nonrefundable and payable in ...

When clients look to cut marketing costs, they often ask their agency to move from a monthly retainer to hourly or per-project billing, but this method is not one-size-fits-all. When clients look to ...

A law firm in Seocho-dong, Seoul, advertising itself as a “personal rehabilitation specialist,” is secretly referred to as a ...

Rianka Dorsainvil launched her RIA, Your Greatest Contribution, two years ago with a retainer fee rather than prices based on clients’ assets under management. The $3,400 annual fee allows her more ...

As investors become increasingly cost conscious and more savvy about fees, some financial advisers claim to be poised to field any and all challenges by embracing a retainer-fee model. Unlike the more ...

Frustrated with a changing healthcare system that has resulted in longer work days and less time with patients, a growing number of doctors in California and across the nation are turning to a new ...