With Schwab's new $5-per-RIA-client trading fees set to activate Tuesday, Michael Kitces calls it a 'walking-back' of Chuck's 2019, zero-commission pledge. Worse, it sticks RIAs with the whole bill, he adds
The XY Planning Network co-founder's small RIAs will go unscathed by Schwab's block-trade charges, but he calls out Schwab reneging on 'zero,' which upends established client/custodian alignment.