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Pricing wars: How to compete in an evolving industry

At the beginning of the fee revolution in the 1990s, 2% fees on top of the underlying mutual…

At the beginning of the fee revolution in the 1990s, 2% fees on top of the underlying mutual fund costs were not unusual. Since then, that pricing has steadily collapsed, and today, most advisers charge around 1%, with many using lower-cost institutional and exchange-traded-fund shares. Clients are

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