Articles tagged "Charles Schwab & Co."
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TD Bank basks in the glow of Schwab's $100 million TD Ameritrade marketing spend as it hires 350 advisors and launches competing robo using same branding
Toronto-Dominion Bank's other U.S. offspring will hit the ground running with upped wealth management manpower thanks in part to its logo-share with Schwab.
December 2, 2021 at 3:17 AM
Why the SEC's green light for Bitcoin ETFs failed to convince Charles Schwab & Co. to make crypto trading available to its 32.5 million retail accounts
The $7.6 trillion in administered assets giant sees mixed signals from regulators who are drawing lines as it goes along -- treacherous regulatory conditions for a big company not built to shift course at a whim.
October 28, 2021 at 1:21 AM
Charles Schwab Corp. stock finally blasts past $80 starring the RIA custody unit's record $81 billion in net new assets
The Westlake, Texas broker-dealer's market cap surpassed $152 billion today after disclosing year-to-date assets have grown by close to $1 trillion
October 15, 2021 at 10:42 PM
Schwab Advisor Services informs its 13,000 RIAs -- including legacy TD Ameritrade practices -- they must buy E&O insurance, but rival Fidelity is taking a different tack--voluntary compliance
The Westlake, Texas, custodian is cracking down at a time when states are mandating errors and ommissions policies, RIAs are getting bigger, more complex and phishing attacks are increasing in volume and sophistication.
October 8, 2021 at 2:12 AM
Fidelity gives RIAs real-time fractional trading despite little evident demand, while rival Schwab demurs, yet just filed to launch $100k-minimum direct indexing in 2022
Like with digital assets, the Boston giant is dangling the nascent service with faith that RIAs will seize the opportunity but its Westlake, Texas, rival wants to see better evidence of demand before prioritizing such a big push on its institutional platform.
October 6, 2021 at 9:34 PM
Charles Schwab & Co. jacks up mutual fund commissions 50% to $74.95 on retail investors to counter freeloading by Vanguard, Fidelity and Dodge & Cox funds -- but RIAs dodge the crossfire
The $7.6-trillion, Westlake, Texas, firm is also taking TD Ameritrade sell commissions to zero on mutual funds to harmonize with its own price schedule.
August 31, 2021 at 10:30 PM
Citing 100% increase in net new assets, Charles Schwab Corp. will give staff 5% 'special' pay raise that leaves one HR analyst doing a double-take
As talent wars rage in call center meccas like Dallas and business booms, the Westlake, Texas firm commits to a leap in overhead
August 20, 2021 at 12:01 AM
Charles Schwab Corp. to pay up to $200 million in federal regulatory charges, following SEC robo-advice probe; may be tied to discrepancies between how it collected revenues internally and how advertising implied no advisory fee.
The $7.4 trillion in administered assets Westlake, Texas broker-dealer came late to the robo business, but quickly dominated. That move fast, break things blitz may now produce a hangover.
July 3, 2021 at 12:23 AM
Fidelity Investments is paying 2,000 employees to hasten their corporate exits, including high-profile RIA overseer, Sanjiv Mirchandani, as part of its shift to a digital future
The Boston giant offered voluntary buyout packages and the 4% of staff who accepted will leave by June 30 to give other staff room to grow careers and make room for hires.
June 24, 2021 at 5:39 PM
The SEC effectively says 'no,' again, to Bitcoin ETFs with request for public comment, allowing Charles Schwab & Co. to keep its cover and steer clear of crypto for now
The Securities and Exchange Commission goes back to square one by starting a public comment period with a heart-stopping, simple question: Can people manipulate Bitcoin prices?
June 16, 2021 at 11:17 PM
With up to 25% of assets exposed, Schwab, Fidelity and Vanguard add algorithms to spot decreased mental capacity among aging clients, but RIAs are sitting ducks, a new report states
The leading edge of the boomer generation is now 75, near the average for Alzheimer's onset, and up to 25% will suffer diminished capacity, making them vulnerable to poor decision-making or exploitation
June 12, 2021 at 12:25 AM
Charles Schwab & Co. dials in what it may consider SEC's all-clear signal on bitcoin, while Vanguard's take includes nothing to turn a red light green
The Westlake, Tex., brokerage is taking a hyper-pragmatic, outward-looking approach and the Malvern, Pa. giant is relying on its inner compass, vision of reality.
June 4, 2021 at 1:45 AM
Vanguard Group to open CFP-poaching battle front in Schwab-Fido-Pershing backyard, after its human RIA grows AUM 72% to $231 billion
The Malvern, Pa, manager of $7.5 trillion moves aggressively on Dallas metro area where its big rivals employ tens of thousands, showing Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley's faith in the RIA business model
May 21, 2021 at 2:30 AM
Fidelity and Schwab oddly take opposite sides on issue critical to money market funds as an SEC, alarmed by systemic risks, puts NAVs under spotlight
The Boston and Westlake, Tex., providers disagree about whether the once sacred $1 net asset value should now float accross prime money market funds -- and potentially municipal money market funds.
May 10, 2021 at 5:28 PM
Broadsided by good fortune, Charles Schwab Corp. pivots to fill service capacity deficit, rethink TD Ameritrade integration timetable and unleash 'mystery shoppers' to scout rivals
The third-party sleuths informed Schwab its service betters most peers. An unassuaged CEO Walt Bettinger still moved to shift resources that will push back final unification with Omaha-based TDA.
