What Chuck Schwab's talk showed about his complex relationship with RIAs
The Schwab chair let loose a barrage of strong personal opinions yesterday; people mostly noted the candor
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This article is a horrible piece of flack PR, pretending to be journalism. I attended the event it purports to cover. Mr. Schwab was aloof, & managed to convey how unaware he was about the business of the attendees & how little he cared about offending large portions of the audience.
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