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Registered Rep. September 16, 2015 Ryan W. Neal	Robos Need Extended, Explosive Growth to Survive Digital investment advisors, the so-called "robo-advisors," were built to be low cost and highly scalable to attract millennial investors and disrupt the financial services industry. But their survival as standalone companies depends on maintaining aggressive growth over the next six years.
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. 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.
Registered Rep. December 17, 2014 Jerry Gleeson	Meet Your Robo Advisor Like other firms often maligned as "robo-advisors," Personal Capital provides an online platform of free tools that let investors track and benchmark their holdings.
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. 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 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. July 2, 2015 Anne Field	How To Go Robo Jonathan Swanburg, a 31-year-old financial advisor in Houston, was intrigued by the idea of opening up an automated investment platform for his clients.
Investment Advisor March 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	March 2007 Charles Schwab has launched Schwab Advisor Portfolio... Vanguard has filed with the SEC to offer exchange traded shares... A new level of membership launched at myStockOptions.com... etc.
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.
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. 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. April 16, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Schwab RIA Unit Sees "Consistent" Growth Schwab Advisor Services is signing up advisor assets at a pace that tracks its historical average.
Financial Advisor February 2012 Andrew Gluck	Shakeout Ahead New online platforms threaten disruption in financial advice.
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. 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. November 13, 2015 Ryan W. Neal	Despite Volatility, Advisor Confidence High The market volatility in the third quarter wasn't enough to shake advisor optimism.
Registered Rep. November 4, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Chuck Talks at Impact: Obama Not the Right Leader The U.S. economy is poised for improvement, but a change in national leadership is key, Charles Schwab told an auditorium of financial advisors at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
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.
Bank Technology News September 2002 Elizabeth Logue	Wealth management: Advisors Finally Waking Up to the Internet's Useful Influence Bucking the market once again, Charles Schwab is doing the unthinkable: encouraging financial advisors to use the Internet to service affluent customers.
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. December 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	Schwab Advisors Too Independent? Charles Schwab was slapped with a $1 million fine for failing to protect customer assets from a check-kiting scam engineered by its affiliated-but-independent registered investment advisors.
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. February 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	It's a Tough Route for Younger Advisors Anew report by Charles Schwab, which shows that advisors under the age of 40 are more likely than their older peers to feel pressure to grow their book of business, or to focus on selling proprietary products.
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. 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. December 17, 2014 David Armstrong	Editor's Letter: January 2015 Thankfully, we're burying the old "robo-advisor: good or bad" debate, and moving on to much more exciting things.
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. June 12, 2012 Kristen French	The Online Advice Revolution While the machine may never completely replace the flesh-and-blood financial advisor, it will force you to narrow your focus and lower your fees.
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 April 2008	Catching up with...Patricia Cox Patricia Cox, chief operating officer of Schwab Institutional, discusses her new role and focus.
Registered Rep. November 20, 2009 David A. Geracioti	Schwab Survey Shows Many FAs at Big Firms Disgruntled (Surprise!) Obviously, the dramatic upheaval that changed the landscape of Wall Street is having some negative effect on advisors at major firms.
Registered Rep. April 15, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Trading, Fees Lift Schwab Profits Higher Continued growth in client trading and fees helped drive profits at Charles Schwab Corp. to higher-than-expected levels for the first quarter.
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 Advisor September 2005 Raymond Fazzi	A Question Of Trust Custodians square off in a newly competitive trust services market.
Registered Rep. July 16, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	A Mixed Second Quarter for Merrill, Schwab Second-quarter earnings results posted today by Merrill Lynch and Charles Schwab Corp. offered a mixed picture to financial advisors hoping for a stronger recovery.
Registered Rep. October 30, 2015	The State of Independence: Robo Rising Advisors like automated investment platforms for a number of reasons.
Registered Rep. May 19, 2014	The Top Six Reasons Advisors Won't Use Social Media Based on our survey of 447 advisors sponsored by NFP, we broke down the challenges that firms face in their efforts to adopt a social strategy.
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 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.
Investment Advisor November 2009 James J. Green	Numerology: Fewer Assets, More Advisors Total assets managed by investment advisors shrank in 2008 but the number of SEC-registered investment advisors increased.
Financial Advisor February 2004 Sydney LeBlanc	Stature, Service, Size, Simplicity Schwab, Fidelity and Waterhouse are building sophisticated SMA (separately managed account) platforms.
Registered Rep. September 24, 2015	The 2015 Wealth Management Industry Awards Winners Companies like Charles, Schwab, Fidelity, and Betterment are profiled for their achievements in financial services.
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.
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. 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.
Financial Advisor August 2009 Jeff Schlegel	Still Optimistic Most advisors are satisfied with their growth, but intense workloads and lousy markets have caused dissatisfaction to rise.
Registered Rep. April 20, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	New Schwab Franchisee Program Would Keep Advisors On Tight Leash The franchisee program would operate out of individual branches, turnkey operations largely funded by Schwab, located in areas that are underserved by the company's existing network of employee-staffed offices.
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.
Financial Advisor September 2008 Tracey Longo	Laws Of Attraction A firm's ability to navigate trusts can be their calling-card to attract high-net-worth clients.