Nearly half of firms get 50% or more income from fees - FundsNetwork

Laura Miller
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Nearly half of advisers already have the majority of their recurring revenue coming from fees, according to a FundsNetwork survey, with less than two years to go until the April 2016 deadline where all on-platform assets need to be moved to clean share classes which do not pay trail commission.

The FundsNetwork survey, which asked advisory firms about their understanding, sentiment and intentions around the ‘sunset clause' and moving to a fee arrangement, suggested a significant proportion of advisers have made good progress in moving to a fee-based charging structure. However, the research also suggested that the majority of respondents have some way to go in transitioning to fees, with more than half (52%) of advisers stating that they currently have less than half of their recurring revenue coming from fee-paying clients. > Read: Adviser charging: Life after ‘three-plus-a...

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