Schwab Advisors Report Higher Fees and Increase in Services

Posted on July 22nd, 2019 at 3:54 PM
Schwab Advisors Report Higher Fees and Increase in Services

From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC:

For many years, brokerage and bank Charles Schwab has been providing financial services to investors. However, Schwab advisors have been collecting higher fees from clients than previously reported. Amidst several widespread changes throughout the financial services industry, Schwab Advisor Services Executive Vice President Bernie Clark claims that advisors offer an increased amount of services in order to collect higher fees.

Clark has also stated that this is practiced by several advisory firms with all types of asset classes. “If you can lower cost, you increase yield. It’s prevalent across all asset types and pushing down what has been the economic model of our industry,” according to Clark. Additionally, Clark referred to the increase in fees as “marginal”, while advisors have added “quite a few services” to their commonly used repertoire.

On the securities front, transaction pricing throughout the industry has drastically decreased while operating expenses of common ETFs steadily have decreased. Clark referenced some newer services that include subscription pricing and self-directed investing, which have been utilized to attract younger investors as well as more lucrative accounts.

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