Stewart Associates, a Canadian company established in 1990, publishes national pricing surveys on bank fees and custodial fees. Over the past 20 years, these reports have become invaluable to Canada’s top corporations and organizations in evaluating their fee agreements. The knowledge of market rates gained from the reports has provided financial professionals with the information and confidence necessary to negotiate with their suppliers that otherwise was only available by tendering one’s business. Savings can be obtained not only by negotiating better rates but by reducing the amount of management time needed to review one’s agreements.
    2009 Survey of Bank Fees  
    Canada’s most comprehensive survey of actual bank fees paid by corporations and organizations. Some of the services analyzed include: cheques issued, wire transfers, wholesale lockbox monthly rental, electronic balance and reporting, stamping fees on bankers’ acceptances sorted by credit rating, interest on surplus balances, discount rates on credit cards, electronic funds transfers and client ratings on bank service levels.
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    2004 Survey of Custodial Fees - to be updated Winter 2010 
    Canada's only published survey of actual fees paid by investment and pension funds totalling $388 billion in assets. Some of the services analyzed include: transaction fees, safekeeping fees, global holding charges by country, benefit payments by direct deposit, actuarial fees per active contributing member, fund manager fees - Canadian balanced funds.
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    Survey of Payroll Service Fees
    A comprehensive review of Canadian payroll services based on actual fees paid by companies employing a total of 225,000 people. Services analyzed include: direct deposits, workpays, records of employment, speedie mailers, labour cost reports, T4, T4A and Releves, statutory deductions, quality of service.
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    Phoenix-Hecht's 2009 - 2010 Blue Book of Bank PricesTM
    The most comprehensive survey of actual bank prices paid for cash management services in the United States based on a review of the bank agreements of over 800 companies. Some of the 80 services analyzed include: wire transfers, ACH debit and credit originated, lockbox data transmission item, controlled disbursement checks paid, ZBA sub account.
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    In today's economy, the importance of keeping costs down cannot be stressed enough. In addition, management time is being stretched so thin that many managers have been unable to review service costs as often as they would like. These pricing surveys will save you both time and money by helping you analyze costs with easy-to-read comparative pricing tables.

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