Secondly, both Sotheby's and Christie's raised commission rates earlier this year by about 12%.
The brokerage industry will have to find other sources of income as commission rates rapidly slide downwards.
We thought our job was to find the best broker, giving considerable, but not exclusive weight, to commission rates.
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Fixed brokerage commission rates were abolished on "May Day" in 1975.
Some of the underlying managers own affiliated brokerages and may execute trades at commission rates that are not competitive or churn portfolios to generate trading commissions.
Disclosure of average commission rates will only induce funds to place undue emphasis on lower stated commission rates rather than quality or execution and may encourage principal trading.
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Finally, on the brokerage front, it appears that investigations into mutual fund marketing practices, such as directing commissions to brokers that sell fund shares, may have an impact upon institutional commission rates.
An investigation we recently completed found that commission rates dropped by 50%, resulting in millions in annual savings, once the investment consultant the fund had hired (and who set commissions rates for the fund) was fired.
Enterprise announced the outcome of contract discussions on Wednesday, citing the online travel agent's "unacceptably high commission rates" to add its Enterprise brand to the site and a decision by Orbitz to drop National and Alamo from its listings.
Furthermore, factors affecting commission rates, such as the size of the order, the market in which the security trades, and whether a capital commitment on the part of the broker is required, all undermine the utility of such a comparison, which focuses exclusively on price.
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But then the state utility commission set rates for the three utilities below the wholesale market price, in effect killing competition.
They for example may have to seek approval of a commission to raise rates or adjust a capital reserve account in insurance or banking.
The commission recommended lowering individual rates to 8, 14, 23% and corporate rates to 26%.
Thirty years after the U.S. Gold Commission and 20 percent interest rates, the U.S. is no closer to monetary reform and the dollar is still debt-based money without independent value.
However, bond funds carry annual expenses, upfront or back-end commission charges and, if interest rates rise, bond fund holders can lose principal.
More recently, the chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan fiscal commission put forward a plan for lower rates and a broader base.
One of the main cross-checks is the detailed monitoring of mortality rates, which prompted the commission's investigations into the Mid-Staffordshire trust as well as at Basildon.
The commission set a goal of reducing aircraft accident rates by more than 80 percent by 2005.
As I noted last week, Google has been ramping up its spending in the clean energy space, after receiving permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell energy at market rates.
In that same month, Google Energy, a subsidiary of Google, received the go ahead from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell energy at market rates, as if it were a utility company.
That's vital because the commission found that some states had relatively moderate spoilage rates statewide but shocking spoilage rates in certain precincts.
President Obama's own deficit reduction commission, on which I served -- the Simpson-Bowles commission -- followed this template of lowering tax rates and broadening the base by getting rid of spending in the code.
But he did have one big regret: that he had not met the Cure the NHS campaigners when concerns first emerged and the Healthcare Commission stepped in to investigate higher than expected death rates there.
The commission proposes letting the Scottish government vary income-tax rates by 10p in the pound in each tax band.
Although the U.S. Postal Service is ostensibly independent of the federal government, in fact the Postal Rate Commission, which in December became the Postal Regulatory Commission, appointed by the president, sets all postal rates.
This Commission will consider strategies and policies that enhance the participation rates of women and girls as well as persons with disabilities in sport, specifically in view of updating the 1978 International Charter of Physical Education and Sport.
The Commission wants to restructure the way energy products are taxed so that the rates reflect the energy content and polluting potential of a product.
While going through a high-street brand or being attracted by adverts of 0% commission is an easy option, you should shop around for the best rates and look at as many currency providers as possible.
The Romney plan would also broaden the tax base and lower ordinary income tax rates, but it would not change tax rates on capital gains and dividends, which the Simpson-Bowles Commission would raise.
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Forced by a new law to publish the electricity rates of utility contracts it has approved, the California Public Utilities Commission on Friday issued a report detailing what green energy costs consumers.
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