Charles Schwab & Co.

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  Stop Denying Investor Rights: End Forced Abitration Now

  By Heath Abshure, NASAA President  |  May 16, 2013

  For too long, investors have been forced to "take it or leave it" by mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clauses. The time is now for this denial of investor rights to end, which is why NASAA supports the Arbitration Fairness Act.

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  Is Schwab’s Arbitration Win Really a Loss?

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  May 8, 2013

  There's much backlash in Washington over Schwab's successful rebuttal of a FINRA challenge to its expanded mandatory arbitration clause.

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  Schwab’s Sonders: Middle America Is My Favorite Emerging Market

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2013

  "Someone asked me in a Q&A, 'What’s your favorite emerging market?’ and ‘Middle America’ was what came out of my mouth,” Sonders said at the FPA-New York annual summit.

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  Schwab Improves Results but Misses Estimates; Citi Tops Expecations on Strong Sales

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 15, 2013

  The advisor services unit sees strong year-over-year flows and asset improvement.

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  New Hire Roundup: Maglan Capital Welcomes Ashley Cooke

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 13, 2013

  Also this week in new hires, U.S. Bank's Private Client Reserve named two to key posts.

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  Schwab Dodges FINRA Action on Arbitration Waivers

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 21, 2013

  A FINRA disciplinary panel on Thursday upheld Charles Schwab’s decision to include a class-action waiver in its customer arbitration agreements.

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  401(k) Fee Transparency: Best & Worst Providers

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  December 20, 2012

  Dalbar and Research magazine conducted an in-depth study of the new ERISA 408(b)(2) disclosure rule, providing rankings in key categories of big providers.

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  Chuck Schwab: We’ll Go Over Cliff, but Let’s Move On

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2012

  In conversation with Maria Bartiromo and the brains behind KKR, Chuck Schwab talks alternative investments, one benefit of Dodd-Frank, and why he’s willing to write a bigger tax check.

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  Schwab’s Sonders: Election Gives ‘No Clarity’ on Fiscal Cliff; Townsend on Dodd-Frank

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 9, 2012

  If Congress and Obama don’t show they can “play nicely in the same sandbox,” consumer confidence would suffer and there would be a real risk of a modest recession, Schwab’s chief investment strategist says, though she still sees some silver linings post-election.

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  New Hire Roundup: Aberdeen Adds NYC Office

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 17, 2012

  This week in new hires, MFS Investment Management welcomed Philip Stewart and promoted David Bryant; Leslie Voth was named CEO at Pitcairn; and Michael Millman joined U.S. Bank’s Private Client Reserve in San Francisco.