Live debate: Fixed fees v percentage charging - a balanced view

Does a percentage-of-assets adviser fee model encourage contingent charging? Do fixed fees represent the ‘modern, professional way' to charge?

Scott Sinclair
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Do fixed fees represent the 'modern' way to charge for an adviser's services? That's the proposition in our ongoing Oxford-style 'flat fees vs percentage charging' debate. Today, guest contributor and journalist John Lappin shares his thoughts...

Adviser charging models based on a percentage of client assets will continue to have a central role to play in some firms' models, according to the results of the first day of our charging debate...

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