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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. August 25, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Better Economic Times Ahead? Your Clients Don't Think So. Advisors seem more optimistic about the economy than their own clients, according to a recent survey.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Kristen French	Fido Attacks! Long a distant second to Charles Schwab in the lucrative business of serving financial advisors, Fidelity is making an aggressive push to close that gap. And some advisors are taking notice.
Registered Rep. March 23, 2015 Ryan W. Neal	Schwab Reveals Intelligent Portfolios For Advisors Schwab is making the technology the backbone of an account management tool for registered investment advisors.
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.
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Waiting for "Intelligent Integration" This spring, Schwab Advisor Services announced the launch of "Project C"-an ambitious technology initiative designed to deliver high-quality, integrated solutions to advisors.
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.
Registered Rep. March 2, 2015 Diana Britton	Crowded Out Some level of competition between advisors and custodians has been around for years. Still, some advisors feel recent events make the distinction between business partner and market competitor less clear.
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. November 25, 2008	Fido Poaches Schwab RIA Executive Fidelity Investments negotiates a contract with the former head of Schwab's advisor business.
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.
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.
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'brien	Snagging Breakaways Schwab Institutional and Cambridge Investment Research have joined forces to attract financial advisors turning independent. But just how big is the prize?
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.
Financial Advisor November 2007 David J. Drucker	In The Land Of Giants If a smaller custodian comes along that can successfully execute a platform of services advisors can't get from Schwab, Fidelity or TD Ameritrade, it's going to find a place with advisors.
Registered Rep. July 5, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Schwab Finds RIAs Posted Record 2010 Revenue, AUM Average profits surged 45 percent last year among registered investment advisors surveyed, but don't look for a repeat of this year.
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.
Financial Advisor January 2004 Dorothy Hinchcliff	Custodians Are Knocking More custody players have been clamoring for the business of registered investment advisors, and that trend will continue this year, say two well-known research firms for financial institutions and investment managers.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 John Churchill	Can Schwab's RIA Empire be Toppled? Last year the online-broker-turned-advice-provider extended an already massive lead over rivals Fidelity and TD Ameritrade in RIA asset gathering. Is there no challenger to Schwab's throne?
Registered Rep. October 15, 2010 Charles Paikert	Schwab's Advisor Services Results Beg the Question: Has the Breakaway Brokerage Phenomenon Peaked? Has the great diaspora of breakaway brokers to Independence Land -- either independent b/ds or RIAs -- climaxed?
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 April 2008	Catching up with...Patricia Cox Patricia Cox, chief operating officer of Schwab Institutional, discusses her new role and focus.
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.
Financial Advisor February 2004 Sydney LeBlanc	Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms.
Investment Advisor January 2007 Savita Iyer	DC Advisor-Sponsor Matchmaker The relative lack of corporate advisors is a result of inertia on the part of plan sponsors; despite pronouncing themselves dissatisfied with their retirement plans, plan sponsors do not take the easy step of finding a new advisor.
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 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.
Registered Rep. August 30, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Schwab Buys ETF Firm Schwab paid $150 million in cash and stock for the company, which fits into Schwab's longer-term strategy of expanding its ETF offerings.
Registered Rep. July 16, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Schwab Profits Down for Q2 But Keeps Adding Breakaway Brokers Charles Schwab reported that its second quarter profit fell 31 percent, thanks to low interest rates and soft capital markets, but in the meantime the company has added 74 breakaway advisors to its RIA platform.
Financial Advisor December 2011 Eric Rasmussen	Free-Range Advisors Custodians to independent advisors are in an arms race to give bigger, better software and practice management packages.
Registered Rep. July 8, 2015 Jerry Gleeson	No Slowing RIA Growth In the financial advisory industry there are potential regulatory burdens, fickle investors, and crafty competitors -- but nothing has changed the relentless march of the registered investment advisor space since the 2008 crash.
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.
Registered Rep. October 15, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Schwab Q3 Earning Down, But the Race For RIA Assets Is Hot Charles Schwab reported a 34 percent drop in its third quarter earnings, the firm's third consecutive quarter of slowing earnings this year.
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.
Financial Advisor August 2004 Raymond Fazzi	Custodians Filling Different Niches Many advisors find just one custodian isn't enough.
Financial Advisor February 2008 Joel Bruckenstein	Custodians Beef It Up Since advisors' work flows are often intertwined with custodian-supplied technologies, let's take a look at what the custodial firms have in store for 2008.
Registered Rep. July 29, 2013 Diana Britton	No Man Is an Island Independent broker/dealers are dressing up their offerings to attract and retain advisors tempted to start their own RIAs.
Financial Advisor December 2011 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Schwab's New View Schwab unveils its turnkey solution to integrate systems in advisors' offices.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005	60 Seconds with Bill Carey (Head of Fidelity's RIA group) The former president of Fidelity's institutional retirement business and a 12-year veteran of the firm talks about his plans for the advisory unit and the challenges confronting advisors.
Financial Advisor August 2006 Raymond Fazzi	Custodians Duel Over New Services Competition in the fee-based advisory field and the pressure to grow assets and operations is not only forcing changes upon advisors, but also the custodians who serve them.
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.
Registered Rep. October 17, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Schwab Trading Revenue Spikes in Q3; Asset Revenue Flat Summer market volatility took its toll on Charles Schwab Corp.'s third-quarter results.
Registered Rep. May 21, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Schwab Institutional President "Retires" Deborah McWhinney, president of Schwab Institutional, retired this morning at the age of 52, something communicated to the firm's advisors and employees via e-mail.
Registered Rep. March 6, 2012	RIA Rising: Befogged Investors Struggle with the Math Understanding the rules of investing can be a daunting task for clients, but some new data by Charles Schwab released today suggests the confusion may run deeper than you'd think.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Schwab's Secret Success With more and more brokers going independent these days and open architecture on the rise, Schwab may very well bridge the gap between industry behemoths like Vanguard and Fidelity sooner than you think.
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.
Financial Advisor November 2005 Tracey Longo	All For Advisors Brokerage executives are doing their best to deliver the tools advisors need to move their business to the next level, while still remaining efficient. That includes streamlined technology, investment and rebalancing selections, outsourcing, practice management and business development assistance.
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.
Financial Planning March 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Open Season NFP Securities says it will become the first independent broker-dealer to offer hybrid advisors a single platform with complete open architecture, empowering advisors to ally with any major custodian they choose.