Filed under: Comfort Zone InvestingTed Allrich is the founder of The Online Investor and author of the just released book: Comfort Zone Investing: Build Wealth And Sleep Well At Night. In this weekly column, he'll offer advice to investors who are just getting started.Commissions on IPO's (initial public offerings) are paid by the company going public. There are no commissions charged to the client who buys an IPO. Some mutual funds have fees that are charged to the client if they sell the fund before a certain number of years. These are known as back end fees. Their purpose: To keep you in the fund through thick and thin.Mutual funds managed by brokerage firms are not transferable to other firms. If you move your account from that brokerage ...