Q: Hi,
I've been a longtime customer of BMOInvestorline and have been happy. However, I've seen WealthSimple offering to pay customers a 1% bonus to transfer accounts to them. For example, if I transfer an unregistered account in kind with a value of $1M, then I would receive $10K from WealthSimple paid over 10 months.
That seems like a very good ROI for the few hours that it will take me to complete the forms and submit them to WealthSimple to complete the transfer. They also don't charge any commissions on trades, unlike BMO.
I have a friend who transferred $3M and will start collecting $30K over 12 months. Not too shabby.
How do they make money when they are paying customers 1% to transfer accounts and then don't charge commissions?
Robert
I've been a longtime customer of BMOInvestorline and have been happy. However, I've seen WealthSimple offering to pay customers a 1% bonus to transfer accounts to them. For example, if I transfer an unregistered account in kind with a value of $1M, then I would receive $10K from WealthSimple paid over 10 months.
That seems like a very good ROI for the few hours that it will take me to complete the forms and submit them to WealthSimple to complete the transfer. They also don't charge any commissions on trades, unlike BMO.
I have a friend who transferred $3M and will start collecting $30K over 12 months. Not too shabby.
How do they make money when they are paying customers 1% to transfer accounts and then don't charge commissions?
Robert