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Rick Wurster will soon be the decider as well as the strategist at Schwab.
October 8, 2024 at 4:06 AM

LaShonda Hunt: They lack adequate factual content about defendants’ conduct.

Federal judge, who tossed Stephen Greco's sweeping RIA lawsuit, grants leave to refile with more facts and less 'overlong and needlessly complex' arguments

Judge LaShonda Hunt keeps long-running, widely watched case against Creative Planning, Schwab, Fidelity and TD Ameritrade hanging by a thread.

September 28, 2024 at 2:22 AM

Bill Winterberg: I can see the logic.

Charles Schwab Corp. sets 2025 to shut down RIA robo-advisor, will stop onboarding RIA clients in November 2024, offering legacy TD Ameritrade software as replacement

The sister robo advisor, Schwab Intelligent Portfolios, will live on as a retail offering but got nixed from Schwab's wealth RIA -- expunging reference to 2022 SEC sanction -- and now will be under RIA of Charles Schwab Investment Management

September 25, 2024 at 2:05 AM

Bernie Clark: The 'join' deals are now twice the 'start' deals.

Bernie Clark's parting remarks -- webcast and media -- center on Schwab's outsized symbiosis with national W-2 RIAs; he declines to 'name names' of ones he doesn't love but names some he does

The exit-bound Schwab RIA chief, never one to offend, says his company's net new assets depend on the aggregators 2-to-1 over RIA startups, but some are choosing a counterproductive path

June 1, 2024 at 12:48 AM

Bernie Clark: It’s bittersweet to step back when I know that the RIA industry is on the precipice of its next big chapter.

Bernie Clark, renowned in RIA circles, is the highest-profile executive to leave in a Schwab shake out of veteran talent, but only after his 'unmatched' feat -- adding nearly 9,000 RIAs and $4 trillion in assets to Schwab custody

The 14-year head of Schwab RIA custody kept both CEO Walter Bettinger and heads of 15,000 RIAs happy in an incredible juggling act of corporate and entrepreneurial goals

May 17, 2024 at 2:53 AM

Walt Bettinger: Even the most negative observers have acknowledged the skill and attention to detail that is going into our integration efforts.

Schwab CEO tells Wall Street threat of TD Ameritrade RIAs bolting ended months ago, with potential defectors holding fast to avoid repapering headaches

Walt Bettinger says he 'feel(s) exceptionally good' that 'all' RIA defections landed over the summer, and TDA RIAs have since been 'rewarding us with ... loyalty.'

October 17, 2023 at 2:13 AM

Jeff Snodgrass: 'The Schwab Advisor Center experience has dramatically improved.'

Fresh wave of TD Ameritrade RIAs are speaking out 30-days after Schwab Advisor Services merger, complaining about more red tape and problems befalling clients -- stress levels high

Not just social media savvy RIAs, but principals of smaller, classic, all-TDA shops are listing a litany of issues -- the tip of an iceberg, according to small RIA custodians.

October 7, 2023 at 6:13 AM

Mark Meredith: Going from Veo One to Schwab Advisor Center is like going back in time 10 years.

Some TD Ameritrade RIAs are voicing misgivings -- faint compared to the loud attaboys -- about life at Schwab post-conversion, mostly centered on losing Veo system; an advisor says 'it's like 'going back in time 10 years'

The TDA conversion itself 'overdelivered' for 'seamlessness and communication,' but severed relationship with beloved Veo system left some RIAs with postpartum feelings about Veo that could increase as the dust settles, insiders say

September 18, 2023 at 10:46 PM

Bernie Clark: We’re going to take this platform to new heights.

Schwab's agonizingly long, methodical process to absorb near 8,000 TD Ameritrade RIA custody accounts into its own system is odds-on to yield a sweet result over Labor Day

Schwab Advisor Services still faces the stiff challenge of cultural assimilation but would-be detractors (like trade publications and even competitors) see little possibility it'll bungle Labor Day's switchover and its worst-case scenario on RIA attrition of 5% seems like a 'major win'

September 1, 2023 at 2:23 AM

Peter Crawford: We have elected to proactively resign from certain atypical custodial relationships.

Schwab 'proactively resigns' TD Ameritrade RIA custody clients, which accounts in part for July's $20-billion net new asset [from June] hiccup

The Westalke, Texas company's chief financial officer said his firm took the action on the 'atypical custodial relationships' to stay 'consistent'

August 15, 2023 at 2:04 AM

Louis Diamond: This clearly proves out the breakaway movement is alive and well.

'Schwabitrade' RIA assets leap $107 billion in NNA to $3.75 trillion in first half of 2023, and just 20% of TD Ameritrade RIAs have yet to 'credentialize'

The RIA assets of TD Ameritrade Institutional and Schwab Advisor Services grew an incredible $514 billion for the 12 months ended June 30, but the real conversion looms on Labor Day.

July 22, 2023 at 1:38 AM

Bill Crager: 'All economics related to custody average around 15 basis points.'

Envestnet will roll out RIA custody by 2024, disputing Bernie Clark's lean Schwab profit math, by citing average 15-basis-point margins

The Berwyn, Pa. company says Schwab's own public disclosures Clark's 'nine basis point' claims, though Envestnet will likely need to hand over as much as half the take to FNZ, a competitor says

May 13, 2023 at 1:03 AM

Gabriel Garcia: We’re focused on getting loud in the RIA space.

With a 'loud' RIA custody outburst under ex-Schwabbie, SEI piles onto a mob effort to break Schwab/TDA RIA custody stranglehold

Gabe Garcia is not alone seeing Schwab's ballooning scale as something to pop-- with Envestnet, Altruist, Goldman, LPL, TradePMR and AssetMark all working on new delivery models.

May 5, 2023 at 3:44 AM

Tony Mazzali: Schwab expected his clients to pay fees they hadn’t paid "in 20 years?"

A $3 billion TD Ameritrade RIA pulls assets out of Schwab --after it cut services for TDA RIAs, and got sticker shock -- ahead of merger date

Anthony "Tony" J. Mazzali, CEO of CG Advisory Services, is shifting the bulk of its assets to LPL Financial to curb the assymetric power in his custody relationship with Schwab.

May 2, 2023 at 3:26 AM

Manish Khatta:  Legacy custodians don’t have the flexibility around custom technology.

Manish Khatta gives Schwab and Fidelity 'A' grade -- and a backseat -- after Altruist gets A+ to win the RIA inflows to his $750-million TAMP

After Fidelity discontinued DocuSign API and uncertainties rose at Schwab, Potomac Fund Management's CEO spent nine months vetting RIA custodians

March 28, 2023 at 4:44 AM

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