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Bernie Clark: Fidelity is half our size and TD is half their size and Pershing is half their size ... It's a long ladder.
February 12, 2014 at 10:07 PM

Departed Schwab retail advisors protested the firm's termination policies on the first day of IMPACT.

Schwab IMPACT 2013 is another great bash but picketers and Fidelity siphoned off some precious RIA attention

Attendees were greeted by disgruntled ex-Schwab advisors chanting 'Find out how Schwab terminates' and Fidelity's RIA campaign jumped out at you on every sidewalk

November 14, 2013 at 6:32 AM

Mike Durbin: I won't be threatened until one of these folks wakes up and decides to be a custodian or a clearing firm. I don't find that to be a near- or medium-term risk.

Part II: RIA custodians' answer to challenges to their monolithic control: We still have big-time scale advantages

Roll-ups and other mezzanine firms are squeezing RIA custody margins as a value proposition but the big-brand custodians -- and some new ones -- are liking the cards they have to play

November 11, 2013 at 6:53 AM

Bernie Clark will ask for questions. Please oblige him.

10 questions for RIAs to ask Neesha Hathi, Bernie Clark and Walt Bettinger at Schwab IMPACT 2013 in DC

Speeches by outside experts seem less important when Schwab itself, as Mother Ship, is in such a state of flux as it rushes to win HNW investors for its own RIA account

November 9, 2013 at 12:01 PM

Financial advisors tend to scrutinize articles that point the way to the industry's future.

How 10 articles in August define what RIAs care about

From naked fear in the 401(k) realm to ad campaign overhauls in custody world, advisors read up on big picture information defining their business

September 3, 2013 at 5:35 PM

Bernie Clark: I couldn't stress enough that if we didn't do well then our competitors would be right behind us.

A sometimes defensive Bernie Clark makes four points pertaining to Schwab's RIA custody business in an update to Wall Street

The overseer of Schwab RIAs explains the San Francisco giant's difficult-to-do-business-with reputation and the long rollout of SII

August 26, 2013 at 5:24 AM

Jordan Burgess: This information has been well-received by advisors.

Fidelity Investments puts hard numbers on the disgruntlement of 401(k) plan sponsors -- and launches Z shares with ETF-like prices

Advisors are gaining some ground but the crunch of fees and service on plan purveyors gets worse and worse

August 16, 2013 at 5:32 AM

Walter Bettinger: It's very difficult to take 'Talk to Chuck' and have that tie into, for example, our RIA business.

How Schwab's new 'owning it' advertisements position the firm to offer more advice -- and how RIAs factored into the brand rethink

CEO Walter Bettinger wants his company, long a kingpin in the discount brokerage realm, to become a 'challenger brand' again

August 6, 2013 at 2:32 AM

Bernie Clark with Paul Merage Scbool of Business dean Andy Policano: 'Schwab is thrilled to be supporting academic institutions to cultivate highly skilled future business leaders'.

Schwab nonprofit ponies up $500K for simulated securities floor to give prospective advisors hands-on experience

Cozying up to academic institutions has both a charitable and a shrewd side; Zero Alpha Group also launches an education project

January 18, 2013 at 4:28 AM

Michelle Draper: Bringing in other custodians to RIA Stands for You is still on the table.

Schwab is set to connect RIAs outside its referral network to HNW investors through its 'Got-milk'-style campaign

RIA Stands for You will use things like digital New Yorker ads, messaging and candid videos with RIAs is funneling down to phone calls from virgin prospects

November 19, 2012 at 5:12 AM

Bernie Clark: It's highly unlikely you'll see a five-year program. We'll continue to morph.

Schwab is creating an RIA MBA-equivalent to grease the skids of internal succession -- and internships to build an RIA worker-bee talent grab pile

One area of weakness for RIAs is finding the resources, time and expertise to train people, and Schwab is addressing the need

November 15, 2012 at 5:34 AM

Mike Durbin: We've stabilized this foundation.

Fidelity to play midwife to RIAs-in-the-making now that WealthCentral is firmly on its feet

Fidelity RIA execs envision a post-WealthCentral landscape that incudes marketing consultations, strategic planning sessions and M&A facilitation

October 19, 2012 at 5:10 AM

Rich Steinberg: We're essentially hiring ourselves.

A big Schwab RIA in Florida launches a mass-market venture with Placemark and Schwab as the key pieces

Rich Steinberg is using, in effect, his own RIA as the manager to clients of a startup RIA, outsourcing the technology and counting on Schwab referrals

October 1, 2012 at 4:33 AM

Skip Schweiss: I feel like democracy worked the way it is supposed to work and that should be encouraging to all advisors.

How RIA forces squashed the Bachus bill by calling the implicit FINRA bluff

Faced with the threat of more SEC exams and higher fees to pay for them, RIA leaders said in effect: Bring it on

August 2, 2012 at 3:59 PM

Heather Ettinger: This year was 180 degrees different ... [Bettinger's] chemistry with advisors seemed so much better.

Walt Bettinger's comments on threats facing RIAs clinched success at Schwab's EXPLORE 2012

150 top RIA execs with $150 billion-plus in combined firm AUM gathered in Dana Point, Calif., last week

June 27, 2012 at 3:48 PM

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