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Louis Harvey: 'Schwab could elevate its robo to be a true fiduciary.'

Charles Schwab & Co. will pay $187 million settlement after SEC drops its 'pre-set for business reasons' case

Federal regulators claimed Schwab pre-set client cash allocations without making proper disclosures to Schwab Intelligent Portfolios clients.

July 7, 2022 at 12:10 AM

Peter Crawford signed Schwab’s latest 8-K filing, which states that 'Schwab’s second quarter 2021 financial results will include a liability and related non-deductible charge of $200 million.'

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

Vanguard Group is a bricks, mortar and people company that just introduced a retail robo-advisor that lives on a server and may do a better job.

Ten months after it signaled it would, Vanguard Group unleashes its advice robot with analysts sure that 15 basis points and no-nonsense brand will net billions in no time

Almost out of its pilot stage, the Malvern, Pa.-based giant's 'Digital Advisor' shambles onto the robo scene almost a decade late but may catch Schwab and Betterment anyway with its pristine plainness, analysts predict

August 1, 2020 at 6:22 PM

Sallie Krawcheck: He proceeded to give me chapter and verse on how financial advisors are hard to manage. (Photo credit: WBUR)

Robo-advisors hit lull in everything but VC backing as reality fragments their identity

A Silicon Valley venture capitalist lectures Sallie Krawcheck on drawbacks of human advisors after she explains she needs capital to hire some

December 11, 2017 at 9:43 PM

Tom O'Shea: Schwab and Vanguard came in, took their ideas and just married them with their well-known brand and they vaulted ahead of the startups.

Vanguard RIA's growth leaps to $5B of assets per month in 2017 as Schwab's RIA robo jumps to monthly $1.3B

Vanguard Personal Advisor Services now has 500 advisors and Schwab, downplaying robo success, promises more advisors are its 'robo' future

May 9, 2017 at 7:12 PM

Naureen Hassan's departure from Schwab did not necessitate a replacement nor did she take anyone's place at Morgan Stanley -- unless you want to say she replaced Greg Fleming.

What exactly to make of Morgan Stanley poaching robo-talent Naureen Hassan from Schwab on the heels of Greg Fleming's departure

Sure she brings the Schwab robo playbook -- albeit the Reader's Digest version -- but insiders say Jim Rosenthal may have bigger reins for her to take

February 4, 2016 at 9:56 PM

Vanguard's arid Scottsdale, Ariz. plant, where most Vanguard advisors are stationed.

Vanguard's virtual RIA adds $10 billion in last six-month period, an acceleration to $1.6 billion per month of net new assets

Does Vanguard's Personal Advisor Services' zoom to $31 billion makes it a the 'single greatest threat' to classic RIAs?

January 12, 2016 at 10:40 PM

Walt Bettinger: We saw new enrollments spike as the market fell.

Schwab's robo spikes suddenly to nearer $5 billion as 500 RIAs sign on

San Francisco giant also claims the assets, despite being managed for 'free,' produce better revenues than the self-directed accounts they are cannibalized from

October 27, 2015 at 8:13 PM

David Giantasio: ['Blue' explains its mission] in measured tones that make me believe it would really rather kill all humans!

Trade publication critiques the inhumanity of Schwab's robo advertising

AdWeek notes the Blue's oh-so-calm, 'kill-all-the-humans' voice

March 24, 2015 at 4:59 PM

Bernie Clark: We have been working closely with advisor groups over the past year to shape our offer.

Schwab makes thousands of its RIAs subject to fee for robo-software, allocation of client cash to Schwab Bank

The San Francisco firm told RIAs on a webcast that their firms must have $100 million on account or pay for robo-software

March 23, 2015 at 7:21 PM

Roger Hewins: It comes with their 'approved investments' instead of ours, so its a non-starter.

With apprehension in the air, Schwab invites its RIAs to a one-hour meeting about robo-advice

Many of Schwab's 7,000 advisors are eager for robo-technology but are wary of what's behind the amiable blue facade

March 13, 2015 at 5:47 PM

Adam Nash's blog broadside features a photo of Chuck Schwab from his company's 'David' days of taking on the Merrill Lynch 'Goliath'

Adam Nash makes direct 'CEO-to-CEO' plea to Schwab to rethink its robo

In a blistering blog entry, the Wealthfront chief executive expresses outrage at the Schwab robo's ADV contents -- and gets an earful back from the San Francisco giant

March 11, 2015 at 4:16 AM

Schwab Intelligent Portfolios is now evocatively named 'Blue'

Schwab sings 'Blue' as it rolls out its robo -- and phono -- functions ahead of deadline, with minimums

Schwab Intelligent Portfolios now has breakpoints of $5,000 and $50,000 of assets -- and comes with human broker help

March 9, 2015 at 10:07 PM

Naureen Hassan's revenue weapons for robo-accounts include one howitzer.

Schwab tells the SEC its robo-advisor has a 30 basis-point fee and big-time cash allocations held by Schwab Bank

The Schwab Intelligent Portfolios ADV says as much as 30% of clients assets are being sent to Schwab Bank

February 18, 2015 at 7:59 PM

Teri Kallsen: We've got OneSource and we've got the scale to get to market quickly. This will disrupt our competitors. They may try to copy us as we've seen in the past.

Schwab spills robo-beans to Wall Street, including a Schwab Bank wrinkle, cannibalization rates and the algorithm's distaste for OneSource funds

Calling Schwab Intelligent Portfolios a $400-billion opportunity, Walt Bettinger boasts of his own four-minute sign-up

February 12, 2015 at 10:49 PM

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