subject: Apex Investment Services New Client Retention Strategy [print this page] Apex Investment Services New Client Retention Strategy
Trust me, I am fully aware of all of the uncertainty that exist in the markets right now, and the issues with Goldman Sachs only add to the paranoia. Integrity and trust seem to be antiquated ideas in 2006, but recently one Australia firm has been able to stick to the core of its client retention strategy.
Apex Investment Services is one of those firms that withstood the turbulence of 2005 and emerge as a dominate player in the Australia Markets. As nervous investors search for the next big wave, Apex Investment Services has sought out the more stable consistent currents.
If you're a mutual fund investor, you care about how many no-transaction-fee funds a broker offers (look for "NTF" funds when browsing a broker's fund selection). Although Fidelity offers a much larger overall selection of funds (15,186) than Schwab (13,021), Schwab has more no-load (no sales commission) and no-transaction-fee funds on its list.
Competition for your business is heating up among brokersincluding the traditionally higher-end ones. According to Smart Money, the average commission charged by discount brokers (like Charles Schwab and Firstrade) is about 15 percent less than that of premium brokers like Fidelity. The gap was nearly 50 percent four years ago. Unfortunately, it's tougher to decipher and compare commissions these days, because they vary by frequency of trades, number of shares, and sometimes price of shares.
If you are new to the world of investing and would simply like to have a real conversation about you financial goals then I encourage you to contact the wonderful people at Apex Investment Services.
Simply visit their website at http://www.apexinvest.com.au/index.html
