Recent research concludes that advisors with well defined value-add practices can charge premium fees and that discounting fees when markets decline is a dangerous practice, according to Morningstar.com.

 

The SEC expects to conduct examinations during the next two years of about 25% of advisors that are required to register with the regulator, reports Mondaq.com.

A FINRA proposal that would require firms to disclose incentives used to recruit brokers is provoking lively comments, including a statement that the regulator should keep its nose out of what advisors are paid. So reports AdvisorOne.com.