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Schwab Lowers Costs for Advisors

By Marion Asnes
June 25, 2009
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Jim McCool, executive vice president and head of Schwab Institutional Services, announced today that the firm will waive commissions on electronic equity trades and reimburse transfer-of-account fees charged by contra brokers for up to one year when advisors open accounts for clients who are new to Schwab. In addition, Schwab will waive the next year¹s maintenance fees for its portfolio management software, PortfolioCenter. More than one-third of the roughly 6,000 advisors who custody with Schwab use PortfolioCenter. The new pricing will take effect July 1.

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