Jeff takes the pod solo this week to talk to Matt Matrisian, chief channel officer at AssetMark. They evaluate the current structure of fees and look at how advisors can use benchmarking to optimize their fee-based practice. They also consider how advisors can approach raising their fees.
Guest Bio:
Matt Matrisian serves as the senior vice president and chief channel officer for AssetMark. Matt started at AssetMark in April of 2010. Matt is based in the San Francisco Bay area.
This episode is sponsored by Schwab Asset Management.

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