The best managers are not selected, performance suffers, commissions and money management fees are excessive.
Malkiel was in essence embracing the efficient markets theory that says fund managers as a group cannot outperform the market, so investors who pay big commissions and other management expenses are cheating themselves.
Today, the financial planning industry has created a model where the advisor and client sit on the same side of the table with fee-based asset management rather than commissions for trades.
Javier Gil-Bazo and Pablo Ruiz-Verdu studied the relationship between mutual fund performance, management fees, commissions and flow of funds in The Relation between Price and Performance in the Mutual Fund Industry.
Not surprisingly, the least sophisticated investors are buying higher cost mutual funds which sport the highest management fees and sales commissions.
First of all, it does not take into account the effect of investment fees, such as management fees and trading commissions, on your returns.
Many have fallen short of their high promised yields while layering on management fees and bestowing large broker commissions.
Although even commission-based agents can serve their clients in unique ways, product commissions seem a backhanded way to acquire comprehensive wealth management.
Management highlighted increased global cardmember spend, but saw lower travel commissions and fees.
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Another interesting result of the survey was that 47% of those surveyed said that they preferred paying commissions, while only 27% indicated that they preferred paying a fee based on assets under management.
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