Nobody Wants the $400,000 Producer

That’s what the editor of Financial Planning concludes from their 2026 analysis of pay grids. Every year Financial Planning obtains compensation plans from the national and regional brokerage firms and computes base compensation by applying a consistent product mix to...

The Cost of Advisor Development

Do Associate Bank-Based Advisors Cover Their Cost?   A cornerstone of Kehrer Group’s analysis of advisor force compensation is the calculation of the effective payout – total cash compensation as a percent of revenue produced – for each of the advisor roles in...

Is the Grass Greener Outside the Bank?

Bank-Based Advisor Payouts Comparable to Wirehouses and National and Regional Firms   Financial Planning’s annual analysis of advisor pay in wirehouses and regional firms is out, just in time for the Kehrer Group’s survey of advisor force compensation in banks...

Gender Gap in Director Compensation

Findings from the Kehrer Group Survey of Compensation of Directors of Bank-Based Advisors   Women Directors earn substantially less than male Directors of investment services in financial institutions with similar experience, qualifications, and...