Financial Advisor compensation

Hi, I was just wondering what is the typical compensation structure of a financial advisor at an investment bank? Base? What % of commision do you keep? What % does the company you work for keep? What % do you get of the returns on the client's portfolio? Thanks in advance

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it depends on the group you are in and how much money they manage. some firms like UBS have rotational programs that pay $50-55k per year for 2 years. base should be around this range.

there is fee based and commission. most likely you will get a fee of 1% of all assets under management(this does change slightly on a client to client basis). you do not get any percentage of the return.

hope this helps

 

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