How one advice firm's consultancy fee charge 'adds value'

‘We felt that it isn’t right for us to only be rewarded by making a transactional sale’

Isabel Baxter
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Wealth manager Oberon Investments’ financial advice arm – Smythe House – charges an annual consultancy fee on a fixed basis and argues it believes this adds value to clients.

Smythe House co-director Adam Young told PA that Smythe House's "unique" fee structure came about after it asked clients what they wanted. "They told us, we went away and did it," he explained. "As a consequence of that, we felt that it isn't right for us to only be rewarded by making a transactional sale." Smythe House charges an annual consultancy fee on a fixed basis, and there is a roadmap that outlines pricing depending on the services a client uses and the wealth it oversees, whether it's £1m or £20m plus. The advice firm said it re-calibrates this annually "based on past and fu...

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