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FISN Service Fees
First Internet Securities Network does not charge investment
advisory fees or annual management fees. Our policy is that FISN earns income
only when investments are made. Transactions expenses vary and are disclosed at
the time of investment. Often on fixed-income investments there are no direct
transaction fees or commissions charged to the investor.
There are Service Fees that arise in addition to
transaction fees. These fees are customary in the securities industry. They
occur in the normal maintenance of securities accounts and they generally arise
from some action or inaction of the account holder. For example, the most common
services initiated by the account holder are Wire Transfer and Stop Payment. The
most frequent event related to a customer inaction is for Late Payments and
Bounced Checks. And then there is the Annual Custody Fee of $18 charged when an
account is inactive for a year to cover required statement mailings and custody
of securities.
The policy of FISN is that we pass through any
service fees that are charged to an account by our back office clearing firm,
National Financial Services LLC (NFS). NFS is a Boston based Fidelity
Investments company and the nationwide leader in securities administration. NFS
carries the accounts of FISN. We believe their fees are competitive and relate
to the actual expense involved. FISN reserves the right to establish its own
service fees to recover its cost of processing transactions.
FISN will assess fees for the services listed below. For your
convenience, we have provided both a definition of each fee and the amount we
will be charging in each case.
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Fed Funds Wire - $15 - is charged
to send a fed funds wire.
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Annual Custody Fee - $18 - is
charged when an account has not had a securities trade in the last calendar
year or the money market account balance as of 12/31 is less then $10,000.
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IRA Maintenance Fee - $35 - is
charged for each year for the annual maintenance and record keeping
requirements of NFS retirement accounts. An invoice is sent to each customer
each Fall and, if not paid, is then debited from the account balance in
December.
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IRA Closure Fee - $75 - NFS fee
for liquidation/termination of an NFS retirement account. The fee will be
collected from the account balance and may not be paid by separate check.
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Bounced Checks - $15 - are
identified as any incoming check that is deposited into an account with
insufficient funds and then returned by the bank.
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Stop Payments - $15 - are charged
based upon receipt of notification to stop an outgoing check.
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Legal Transfers - $20 - are
charged when a transfer requiring legal documentation is completed.
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Legal Returns - $25 - are
identified as certificates returned to a customer due to a "not in good
order" status being in effect for more than 45 days.
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Physical Reorganizations - $20 -
are charged when a certificate is deposited into a customer account after
the mandatory reorganization action date has passed.
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Transfer and Ship - $30 - is
charged when a customer requests receipt of a physical certificate.
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Mailgrams - $5 - are sent as a
result of a trade related obligation or margin deficiency that requires
communication to the customer.
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Extensions - $10 - are requests on
behalf of customers for more time for payment/delivery of a security
transaction.
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TOA Delivery - $30 - is a transfer
of your entire account to another brokerage firm.
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PIP Transaction Fee - $5.00 - is a re-occurring transaction fee for each purchase made through a
mutual fund Periodic Investment Plan.
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Mutual Fund Transaction Fee
- $50 - is a transaction fee, per transaction, for each mutual fund purchase
or sale through FISN.
If you would like clarification or additional
information about the above, please contact your representative. As always, we
continue to value your business and appreciate your choosing First Internet
Securities Network.
Updated: 01/08/07
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