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Investment Advisor July 2007 James J. Green	McWhinney Out, Goldman In Deborah McWhinney, president of Schwab Institutional since 2001, resigned her position and has been succeeded by Charles Goldman, SI's COO.
Investment Advisor April 2007 James J. Green	A President For Schwab Walt Bettinger, a longtime Schwab executive, has been named president and COO of the company, effective immediately, raising speculation that he will succeed founder Charles Schwab as CEO.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Will Leitch	Institutional Unit Is Schwab's Bright Spot With the job cuts, branch closings and refocusing currently under way at Charles Schwab & Co., there's one area that seems to be safe. Schwab's Institutional unit isn't going anywhere.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004	Schwab's Bright Spot An interview with Deborah McWhinney, unit head of Schwab Institutional, which provides back-office and technological support for more than 5,000 advisors. Since coming from Bank of America, she has watched its assets exceed the $300 billion mark.
Registered Rep. October 30, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Impact This! Schwabbies Descend Upon Vegas They didn't get to "Talk to Chuck," but attendees of the 2007 Schwab IMPACT conference did get a chance to talk to Walt Bettinger, president and chief operating officer, as well as Charles Goldman, executive vice president of Schwab Institutional in an afternoon Q&A session.
Investment Advisor February 2007 James J. Green	Schwab to Bankroll Breakaway Brokers With advisor assets at $500 billion, the custodian will offer financing to big brokers going independent.
Registered Rep. August 2, 2004 Will Leitch	Fallout From Schwab Shake-Up Begins It didn't take long for Charles Schwab to start making wholesale changes after taking back control of his firm last week.
Financial Planning April 1, 2006 Pamela Black	Industry notes: Schwab Awards The awards seek to hold out what really is excellent to the entire financial planning industry so firms can learn what the best of best are doing. It's a unique opportunity to highlight what these firms are like.
Registered Rep. November 14, 2003 Will Leitch	Charles Schwab's Image Gets a Smudge In the wake of Friday morning's news that late-trading and market-timing had been occurring in one of Schwab's funds, through its U.S. Trust subsidiary, Schwab senior executives on Friday back-pedaled a bit from their assurance that the firm would not be implicated in mutual fund improprieties.
Investment Advisor January 2007 James J. Green	Schwab To Sell U.S. Trust Unit Charles Schwab announced that it would sell its U.S. Trust unit to Bank of America for $3.3 billion in cash in a deal that should close in the second quarter of 2007, assuming it passes the necessary regulatory hurdles.
Registered Rep. November 18, 2008 Brooke Southall	Schwab Re-Org Combines RIAs With Retirement Biz Schwab Institutional had an awesome year in 2008, but it isn't resting on it's laurels. Schwab is reorganizing, removing a well-respected executive, and combining the RIA unit with the retirement and corporate services unit.
Investment Advisor November 2006 James J. Green	Good Time to Be an RIA If Deborah McWhinney should ever want to change jobs, she could easily become the RIA community's designated cheerleader.
Registered Rep. November 6, 2006 Kevin Burke	Schwab Postpones Biz Update, Sparks Merger Chatter In a rare move, Charles Schwab said that it has postponed its fall business update with analysts, citing "scheduling difficulties." This is only the second time that a meeting of this caliber has been postponed at the firm.
Investment Advisor December 2007 James J. Green	Business-Like Schwab Party The Annual Schwab Impact show features straight talk, new tools for advisors, and rock and roll.
Investment Advisor January 2008	Back Office Deal A strategic deal between Charles Schwab and a back-office consulting firm will afford RIAs more outsourcing options.
Investment Advisor March 2010 Robert F. Keane	Changes at the Top for RIA Units at Fidelity and Schwab At a time when growth in the RIA channel has been robust to say the least, the two largest custodians have announced executive changes and restructuring of their units serving RIAs.
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Marion Asnes	Meet the New Boss Charles Goldman, the new head of Schwab Institutional, is firmly focused on helping financial advisors grow.
Registered Rep. June 29, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Schwab Cuts Some Fees for 2009 In an effort to ease the financial pain of its registered investment advisors, Charles Schwab has announced a series of initiatives that will save them money.
Investment Advisor January 2009 James J. Green	Schwab Reorganizes; Fidelity Hires; Pershing Provides The three major custodians of RIA assets announce big executive changes and a new practice management program.
Investment Advisor December 2005 James J. Green	Talk to Chuck Schwab the company began as a transaction service, then moved into mutual funds, but Schwab the man believes his greatest legacy was his ability to democratize investing, and to support the notion that people could get their advice from someone who did not have a conflict of interest.
Registered Rep. April 30, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Schwab Says It's Going On Offense -- As If It Weren't Already The company is preparing to go on the "offense" to gain market share -- both in terms of winning client assets and recruiting breakaway brokers.
Investment Advisor August 2009 James J. Green	Schwab Cuts Costs for Its Advisors Charles Schwab Advisor Services announced a series of moves that will have the net effect of reducing costs to the RIAs that custody with Schwab.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2004 Tom Taulli	Schwab's De-diversification Process The company's foray into diversification has mostly been a failure. Now, it's time to unwind the acquisitions.
Investment Advisor April 2008	Catching up with...Patricia Cox Patricia Cox, chief operating officer of Schwab Institutional, discusses her new role and focus.
Registered Rep. November 12, 2004 John Churchill	Schwab to Cut Costs The nation's largest discount brokerage firm, Charles Schwab & Co., is cutting 19 retail branches in favor of smaller, one- or two-broker boutiques, a move the company says will cut costs and more effectively serve clients.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 John Kador	Schwab Does It Again Charles Schwab, the pioneering discount broker who was slammed by the tech wreck and suffered through protracted management struggles in the past two years, is beating the wirehouses at their own game.
Investment Advisor November 2005	Editor's Note: Putting Women in Their Place Women are different than men, but that difference doesn't equate to inequality of intelligence or leadership or temperament. The financial advisor community should feel good about being on the leading edge of accepting these truths.
Investment Advisor March 2007 James J. Green	Your Partners' Role In Retirement Planning Schwab Institutional CEO sees a "giant psychographic shift" and "fantastic growth opportunity" for independent advisors.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2004 Roger Nusbaum	How to Fix Schwab A former employee offers advice on how to fix the former financial powerhouse.
Registered Rep. November 12, 2003 Will Leitch	Schwab's Happy Conference The yearly IMPACT conference hosted by the proudly scandal-free Charles Schwab & Co. carried this message: Whatever's going on out there doesn't concern us. We need to worry about ourselves.
Registered Rep. August 26, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Schwab Apologizes Over Sales Pitch to Advisor Clients Schwab found itself apologizing for violating its own policy of pitching portfolio products to retirement plan sponsors who were clients of retail financial advisors and turnkey asset management programs that have custodial relations with the firm.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 John Kador	Schwab: Back to Basics With its recently announced plans to sell U.S. Trust to Bank of America, Charles Schwab has decided to leave serving the uber-uber wealthy -- that very top 0.5 percent of the population -- to others.
Registered Rep. November 25, 2008	Fido Poaches Schwab RIA Executive Fidelity Investments negotiates a contract with the former head of Schwab's advisor business.
Registered Rep. September 14, 2009 Brooke Southall	The Top 10 Things to Know on the Eve of Schwab IMPACT Though IMPACT events are similar from year to year, Schwab makes efforts to freshen them up. Here are some things to know headed in to Schwab's conference.
Registered Rep. November 14, 2003	Schwab Has Plenty to Say About Mutual Funds Not surprisingly, the mutual fund scandal is a hot topic of conversation at Charles Schwab & Co.'s yearly IMPACT conference.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007	Comings & Goings Charles Schwab Corporation has named Walt Bettinger president and chief operating officer... UBS hired Greg Jones as head of diversity for UBS Wealth Management... etc.
Registered Rep. October 15, 2008	Schwab 3Q Earnings Not Bad At All, Considering Excluding the sale of U.S. Trust in the year-ago quarter, results are mostly flat versus last year -- which is an achievement considering the market environment.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 John Kador	Cultures In Conflict When Schwab's then CEO David Pottruck decided to purchase U.S. Trust to help service clients, he probably did not give enough consideration to the intangibles involved -- like customer loyalty, corporate culture and historical identity.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Louise Lee	Charles Schwab Redux The newly restored CEO needs to refocus the company quickly. That means identifying its true core businesses, focusing on them, and dumping excess baggage.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Lee & Young	Is Schwab's Latest Come-On Enough? Brokerage firm Charles Schwab & Co. is slashing commissions in a bid to win over the high-net-worth clients it so badly needs.
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Marion Asnes	Cream of the Crop Big banks and wirehouses are bleeding reps who have become disenchanted or been downsized. Now, the race is on among independent broker-dealers and custodians to capture the cream of the breakaway crop.
Investment Advisor July 2008 James J. Green	Schwab Smoothes the Road to Independence Schwab Institutional announces a multipronged platform -- with some existing planks, and some newly laid ones -- to ease the transition process for its brokers who wish to become registered independent advisors.
Investment Advisor April 2010 James J. Green	Navigator For years, Dan Skiles has steered advisors through the tech rocks to business safe harbors. As IA's new technology coach, he'll be your guide to the future.
Registered Rep. November 21, 2006 Kristen French	Schwab Unloads U.S. Trust: Cash for Another Deal? In a move that has long been speculated about, Charles Schwab announced that it had agreed to sell its private banking arm, U.S. Trust, to Bank of America for $3.3 billion.
Registered Rep. March 21, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Schwab to Acquire optionsXpress The deal will give Schwab, which has about $1.6 trillion in client assets, larger exposure in the fast-paced options industry.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 John Kador	Why Wall St. Hates Charles Schwab Charles Schwab: How One Company Beat Wall Street and Reinvented the Brokerage Industry is the first full-length book about Schwab by an independent writer.
Registered Rep. July 15, 2003 Nigel Goodman	Advisors: Our Clients Are Feeling Bullish It may not be as exciting and thrilling as the running of the bulls in Pamplona, but the recent rumbling of the bulls on Wall Street has created a thrill in its own right for investment advisors.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Schwab's Turnaround Tale Charles Schwab has managed to reverse its fortunes in a relatively short period of time thanks to a smart ad campaign and major cost-cutting.
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Marion Asnes	Flying High Thoughts by Jim McCool, executive vice president and head of institutional services at Schwab, talks about back office focus, trust, and service.
Registered Rep. August 8, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Schwab: Franchisees Can't Poach RIA Clients Advisors who are considering Charles Schwab's new independent branch program are being told they will have to abide by the company's contact policy.