Schwab Pressures Small RIA’s

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Oct 30, 2021
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Updated: Nov 15, 2021

Schwab announced yesterday they will require all RIA’s to obtain Errors and Omission Insurance which must contain cyber and social engineering protection. They attribute this mandate to an “uptick” in claims. Do you believe that? Do you believe there has been an “uptick” in claims? Schwab being the broker dealer custodian for their contracted RIA’s would be named in any lawsuit where assets were stolen from accounts. So would the RIA. That would not change under this mandate. What will change is small RIA’s profit margins. They are getting squeezed again. This is part of a continuing process that is planned and deliberate. Schwab has a history of terminating small RIA’s.

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