We are nearing the end, dear readers. After a week of hearty, healthy debate on whether percentage charging models are a "relic of a bygone era", we publish our experts' final statements. Who wins your vote?
Join our live debate HERE About this debate Few topics pique advisers' interest quite like charging models. In this key Oxford-style debate, good friends Alan Smith and Clive Waller go head-to-head on an issue which has prompted numerous headlines in recent years. Capital Asset Management CEO Smith proposes that percentage models not only encourage sales but also, inexplicably, punish advisers when assets leave their management and reward them when they arrive. Fundamentally, he argues, percentage models effectively represent a relationship, not with the client, but with ...
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