Some might say the financial world is made artificially complex by its main actors because there is just so much money to be made. Many skilled individuals (and plenty of unskilled ones) try their luck here. Unfortunately, there are also many trusting clients who rely on others for their expertise–clients who may be vulnerable to scams by unscrupulous or inexperienced advisers.
As Warren Buffet once said, “Wall Street is the only place where people in Rolls Royces come to ask for advice from people who take the subway.”
Investment advisers can be categorised by how they are paid. They are either fee-based or commission-based. The former charges a flat rate for their services; the latter is compensated by commissions on financial transactions or products they sell you.
豐餘資產管理是採用收費顧問的模式，讓客戶對我們的透明度以及在始終提供高品質投資策略保持信心。我們的客戶還會支付績效費，囙此我們就能共同從市場中賺錢。我們常告訴客戶：我們的服務雖較貴，但我們的業績記錄表明這樣的服務物超所值。
On the other hand, an adviser who is paid by commissions earns entirely based on the products he sells or the accounts he opens. These may include financial instruments such as insurance packages, mutual funds, and brokerage accounts. The more transactions they complete or the more accounts they open, the more they get paid.
This method of compensation is open to abuse as it rewards advisers for such things as active trading, and even selling clients products that are not ideal or even suitable. Of course not all advisers fall into bad ways, and in the end the discretion is entirely up to the client. But as we’ve learned throughout history, systems open to abuse tend to suffer abuse.
在我們看來，管理/績效收費結構最符合雙方的長遠利益和目標。有遠見的客戶會充分意識到這一點。 再次引用沃倫·巴菲特的話說，“市場時好時壞，但手續費從來都沒少過。”