The ugly truth is that financial advisors are incentivized to encourage rollovers because when you rollover your employer plans to IRAs that are managed by an advisor, that advisor is likely going to receive additional compensation as a result of the transaction. Most advisors are inherently conflicted when making rollover recommendations.

If an advisor simply recommends that you rollover your employer-sponsored plan without doing an analysis first, that is a tell-tale sign that they might NOT be acting in your best interests. In fact, a clear process and method for evaluation is the only way for an advisor to objectively make a recommendation. At the most basic level, that process should include: