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After Vanguard instigated commission war in June, Charles 'Chuck' Schwab steps up to challenge in brilliant counterstroke that paints bull's eye on custody rivals in zero-sum showdown

The Schwab Chairman and Founder signs off on the $400-million write-off of revenues in a move the size of his legacy. After being booted in 2017 by TD Ameritrade for not playing the pay-for-play game, Vanguard went hard zero in June forcing Schwab to act but perhaps not this big

Author Oisin Breen October 10, 2019 at 4:49 PM
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Charles 'Chuck' Schwab: Eliminating commissions ensures my ultimate vision is realized.

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Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy

October 10, 2019 — 7:15 PM
As of today, Fidelity announced to RIA clients that commissions are going to zero.
Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy

October 10, 2019 — 7:25 PM
Consumer-facing products are dead as competitive differentiators for the various brokerages at this point. What's next? Services.
Jeff Spears

Jeff Spears

October 10, 2019 — 8:07 PM
Wall Street survived a dramatic decease in commission s after the Global Settlement. Custodians can learn from Wall Street. Net interest margin has become the leader again. Same as it ever was.
Chester

Chester

October 11, 2019 — 1:26 AM
no coverage of the ken fisher calamity on here? or are you going to do a more in depth dateline to catch a predator style piece 2 weeks from now?
John Karayan

John Karayan

October 11, 2019 — 8:54 PM
Very interesting article, albeit I had a bit of trouble figuring out some of the acronyms
brooke southall

brooke southall

October 11, 2019 — 9:07 PM
John, We are against acronym confusion. Sorry about that. -Brooke

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