slide 1: Tips On Choosing the Right Financial Adviser
When dealing with issues of a medical or legal nature it is important for you to take
help and advice of a professional. There is no denying the fact that financial
planning generally requires the same type of specialised input from a financial
adviser. It’s observed that as a consumer you might not be aware of all the financial
products on offer as there are a lot of things involved including calculations around
life expectancy replacement ratios and drawdowns.
In this post we’ll talk about the tips on choosing the right financial adviser. Let’s
talk about them in detail.
1. Valuable Guidance: It is important for you to find a financial adviser whom you
can trust this will increase the chances of becoming a long-term relationship. As a
matter of fact trust is built on a number of character traits including integrity
honesty competence and a commitment to acting in clients’ best interests.
2. Consider Asking Questions: Before choosing a financial adviser it is
important for you to ask some basic questions in an initial meeting such as “What
is your value proposition“ “What are your qualifications” and “How much do you
charge”
If the concerned is proficient enough then he or she will provide detailed answers
to questions about their investment philosophy during the analysis of financial
needs.
slide 2: 3. Check How Much They Charge: These days there has been a growing trend
towards a multitude of financial advice practices that support their businesses on a
commission model encouraging them to focus more on fees.
Always keep this in mind that there is no standard fee for financial advice
regardless of the difficulty of every person’s situation.
Talking about the fee it tends to fall into three categories: an implementation fee a
charge for work done to execute the agreed-upon plan an initial planning fee a
consultation-based charge and an annual advice fee a charge for the monitoring
and review of a strategy.