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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Appellate Court: "Retainer Fee Means Only Initial Fee"... Supreme Court: "Misinterpretation of Legal Principle" The Supreme Court has ruled that the retainer fee paid for hiring a lawyer should be ...

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 ...