What’s next in the evolution of fee compensation models for financial planners? As the profession has shifted from product sales to providing and implementing a client’s financial plan, compensation ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What’s indisputable is that, faced with a downturn, advertisers tend to redefine or tighten compensation structures. Still, a retainer fee is the equivalent of a safe haven for agencies, and about one ...

Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. In response to my Oct. 4 blog “Split Decision,” Marc Lafontaine asked for further guidance about balancing asset-based fees with ...

An amount of money that acts as a fee pre-payment; the remainder is refunded to the client Retainer fees generally come into play when you hire an attorney. If you anticipate you’ll be contacting your ...

The New York Times reported Trump paid a $3 million lawyer retainer fee for the Mar-a-Lago case. Reporter Maggie Haberman said the high amount shows that Trump understands the position he's in.