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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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Brooke Southall	RIA Power Registered investment advisory firms are bringing in more assets these days than are wirehouse brokerage firms.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. October 15, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Fewer, But Bigger Breakaway Brokers Joining RIAs With markets stabilizing and bank-brokerage merger integrations progressing, fewer brokers are fleeing the big Wall Street wirehouse firms for the RIAs and independent b/ds in 2010.
Investment Advisor February 2007 Savita Iyer	Buying Access to the Big Plans For Schwab, The 401(k) Company complements the company's retirement business strategy and increases its ability to meet the needs of retirement plans of all sizes -- in particular the mega ones.
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 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. 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. September 22, 2008 John Churchill	Wall Street's Pain Is RIAs' Gain: Reps Flee Wirehouses, Bring Assets to Fido And Others Despite the still-outsized signing bonuses offered by most Wall Street firms, the steady trickle of brokers leaving wirehouse firms to join or form their own RIA firms is growing.
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. 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. May 5, 2008	LPL Financial Heats Up The RIA World The largest independent broker/dealer in the U.S. announced today it's going to launch an RIA custodian later this year, which will serve both hybrid and fee-only investment advisors who operate independent RIAs.
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.
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.
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Happy Mediums Online brokerage giants are taking market share from almost every segment of the financial advisory business - except for RIAs.
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 July 2006	Upgrades Pershing LLC announced healthy growth in the number of RIAs custodying client assets and trust accounts through its Pershing Advisor Solutions unit... Charles Schwab & Co. announced June 14 a broad reduction and simplification of pricing for its retail... etc.
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. 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 October 2009 James J. Green	More on Migration Cerulli Associates estimates that $800 billion will be moving as advisors change firms.
Registered Rep. May 13, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Wall Street Squeezes Small Brokers, Many Go Independent In this brutal market, many advisors are taking payout cuts or being let go. But many of these advisors are finding homes at independent and regional b/ds and RIA firms.
BusinessWeek July 16, 2009 Farzad & Palmeri	Should Charles R. Schwab Aim Higher? Some say the conservative brokerage firm Charles R. Schwab should be more aggressive as rivals such as E*Trade Financial founder.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. April 6, 2010 Kristen French	Custodians In Race To Roll Out M&A Tools TD Ameritrade Institutional is rolling out a new online business valuation tool.
Registered Rep. October 29, 2009 Kristen French	RJFS Raises RIA minimums, LPL Pulls Past RJ in RIA Assets Raymond James is raising minimums for new RIAs who want to custody assets on its RJFS-IAD platform from $30 million to $50 million.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Schwab Joins the 401(k) Wars The discount broker jumps in with an index-only retirement plan.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Getting the Schwab Done The first batch of headlines on Charles Schwab's fourth-quarter report appear to be glowing endorsements of the company's financial performance. Investors, take note.
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.
Financial Advisor January 2008 Bruce W. Fraser	Growing Up Over the next five years, the typical RIA will undergo rapid transformation, and the average RIA firm is expected to at least triple in size. To accommodate such growth, hiring decisions will become critical, stretching far beyond the traditional tendency of firms to simply add more advisors.
Financial Planning February 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn	Custody Battle Although three custodians now get most of the RIA business, increased competition may lead to more choices -- and more services -- for financial planners.
Registered Rep. February 2, 2011 Diana Britton	RIA M&A Hits Record in 2010, More To Come In 2011 Registered investment advisory firms were furiously busy getting hitched last year: they did the highest number of merger and acquisition deals recorded in at least seven years.
Registered Rep. February 2, 2009 Brooke Southall	Schwab To RIAs: Expect Strong Service Despite Slowdown Despite a recent drop in share price, Schwab maintains that their long-term strategy is sound and will emerge as a winner from this credit crisis.
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 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.
Investment Advisor July 2007 Green & Keane	TD Ameritrade to Acquire Fiserv's Advisor Unit Under the complicated deal that will break up Fiserv ISS, TD Ameritrade will pay $225 million in cash for the operation.