How your financial advisor gets paid can create conflicts of interest in your relationship. When an advisor earns commissions, they’re incentivized to recommend strategies that financially benefit ...

Despite the advisor industry’s more than decades-long shift toward fee-based or fee-only compensation models with an eye toward fiduciary standards, 23% of affluent investors still prefer to pay ...

Understand how payment structures affect costs, incentives and transparency when working with financial advisors Written By Written by Staff Money Writer, WSJ | Buy Side Molly Grace is a staff money ...