Jun 6, 2018
Bernie Clark gets an A-level exec to help him futurize Schwab's RIA platform
After Lightyear's Advisor Group nabbed Ed Obuchowski, Schwab went big in replacing him with Andrew Salesky
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Page 2 of 7Nov 17, 2017
Bernie Clark uses Schwab IMPACT 2017 as pulpit to preach Schwab scale as firewall to blaze of dystopian big-data future
With no RIA deliverable to pitch, Charles Schwab & Co. execs presented their go-big, 'no goals' vision for managing accelerating external change
Jul 6, 2017
Eight years after historic Schwab-RIA rift, Jim McCool, the controversial former RIA chief and original Bettinger partner, exits
After McCool hastily axed alternative investments from Schwab RIA platform, Bernie Clark took the chief custody role as part of the healing process
Oct 28, 2016
As Bernie Clark and Walt Bettinger go on offense, LPL and Wells Fargo names get named and a B2C robo dry-up gets foretold at Schwab IMPACT in San Diego
The Schwab CEO, buoyed by his robo, robust quarterly results and DOL fallout at competitors is on offense -- a state of being RIAs can relate to
Jul 1, 2016
Schwab launches biggest RIA-targeted price war in years -- but TD and Pershing say they won't play along
In what may be a prelude to commission-free RIA custody era, Schwab eliminates equity and ETF commissions for all new clients for a year; Fidelity says it is still cheaper
Jun 22, 2016
Schwab wows EXPLORE 2016 crowd with revived bid to advertise RIAs with two magic ingredients: Schwab branding and a budget of 'millions' of dollars
Though skeptical observers call the effort window dressing, the San Francisco custody giant is incorporating lessons learned from the lackluster RIA-Stands-For-You campaign of 2011
Feb 22, 2016
Why Schwab execs are 'proud' of holding at $1-trillion custody mark first achieved in 2013 -- and what makes them pleased with its existing 25% RIA custody market share
Candidly canvassing 2015 dings -- including a $12 billion RIA defection -- Walt Bettinger seems at peace with vigilantly guarding Schwab's mighty quarter of the RIA asset pie
Nov 16, 2015
Walt Bettinger unbites his lip and ignites a Schwab IMPACT Twitter squall and the RIA custody show goes on
Tweets connected Schwab CEO remarks to Wealthfront's chippy chief -- red meat to the de facto hometown crowd of advisors
Nov 13, 2015
9 questions to ask Schwab execs when you buttonhole them in Boston at IMPACT 2015
$23 trillion of AUM is there for the taking -- but how exactly does Schwab propose help RIAs win that discovered bounty?
Mar 27, 2015
How an iPhone app cut through stilted questioning at Barron's RIA custody panel in Scottsdale
Sterling Shea invited advisors to vote on pressing RIA questions via iPhone -- and they acidly asked Bernie Clark whether Schwab is robo-competing against them
Mar 23, 2015
Schwab makes thousands of its RIAs subject to fee for robo-software, allocation of client cash to Schwab Bank
The San Francisco firm told RIAs on a webcast that their firms must have $100 million on account or pay for robo-software
Nov 24, 2014
Schwab seeks 'jail time' for principal of RIA it fired: How Schwab's firing of a small RIA as a client became a three-year legal ordeal (Part 2)
Michael Kelly reached out to Schwab's counsel via private investigator -- and was answered with a fussilade of restraining orders and accusations of impersonating an advisor
Nov 20, 2014
How Schwab's firing of a small RIA as a client became a three-year legal ordeal (Part 1)
Michael Kelly is out to prove he was discriminated against based on his firm's size but Schwab execs say he crossed lines
Nov 10, 2014
A charged-up Walt Bettinger slams all non-Schwab robos at IMPACT 2014 with an energy appreciated by RIAs
The Schwab CEO's feistiness was just one unusual occurrence at the all-stops-out fete for high-end RIAs in the Mile High city
Aug 4, 2014
What tidbits jumped out of Schwab's business update to Wall Street -- including the two underscored advantages relating to Schwab Advisor Services
Braving 'ahems' from Fidelity and Pershing, Bernie Clark claims Schwab is now the preferred vendor to roll-ups and Nick Georgis says Schwab stands alone as a business consultant to RIA firms