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  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Boomtime back as dealmaking hits $70bn in a day

    US stocks hit new record thanks to return of animal spirits and ebbing of recession fears

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Lex
    Schwab/Ameritrade: imperilling Merrill Premium

    The opportunity is not about helping clients trade, but helping them invest more broadly

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Analysis
    Schwab aims to be more than a survivor with $26bn deal

    Smaller players may struggle as giants bolt on more services for clients

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Schwab chief plays down regulatory threat to $26bn deal

    A vicious price war over trading fees leads to takeover of rival TD Ameritrade

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Google fitness, Netanyahu charges, Schwab woos TD

    Politicians and privacy campaigners call for Google’s $2.1bn deal for Fitbit to be blocked

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Financials
    Schwab/Ameritrade: end run, end game Premium

    Deal would create financial powerhouse with about $5tn in client assets

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Charles Schwab nears $25bn deal for rival TD Ameritrade

    Online brokerage industry forced to consolidate as a result of price war 

  • Sunday, 27 October, 2019
    Lex
    Fractional stocks/millennials: the slice age Premium

    Charles Schwab’s fractional trading may not be enough to capture the interest of young Americans

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    Lex
    Charles Schwab/US brokers: zero hour Premium

    Move to zero-cost trading could trigger consolidation

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  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    US equities
    Short sellers gain from bets against US brokerages

    Top trading platforms suffer share price slump in escalating fee battle

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
    Financials
    Schwab opens new front in US trading war

    US stocks platform cuts fees from $4.95 to $0, causing shares to drop across the sector

  • Tuesday, 12 February, 2019
    Exchange traded funds
    Charles Schwab and Fidelity intensify battle for ETF business

    Groups double the number of funds that can be traded free of commission

  • Monday, 15 October, 2018
    Fund management
    ETF industry’s growth streak in danger of ending
  • Wednesday, 22 August, 2018
    LexUS & Canadian companies
    Robinhood/JPMorgan: trading water Premium

    Biggest bank in US is a different class of adversary for young founders

  • Tuesday, 21 August, 2018
    Banks
    Web brokerages fall on competition fears
  • Monday, 7 May, 2018
    Investing in funds
    Winner-takes-all trend gains traction

    Mutual funds with lowest fees win the most investor inflows

  • Thursday, 3 May, 2018
    Gillian Tett
    AllianceBernstein move threatens NY and London

    Digital disruption makes it easier for financial companies to relocate

  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2018
    Financial services
    System outages leave retail investors fuming

    Customers shut out of accounts during markets maelstrom

  • Sunday, 31 December, 2017
    Technology sector
    Morgan Stanley enters robo-advice investment market

    Access Investing, aimed at its wealthy clients’ children, follows its competitors

  • Monday, 27 November, 2017
    Asset allocation
    BlackRock and Vanguard are smart beta’s biggest winners

    Smaller groups grow fast, but are dwarfed in comparison

  • Monday, 6 November, 2017
    Banks
    Wells Fargo launches new cross-selling effort

    Bank will try to attract its younger, tech-savvy customers with the new product

  • Sunday, 22 October, 2017
    Fund management
    Movers & shakers: October 23

    BlackRock has appointed Brian Deese as global head of sustainable investing

  • Friday, 6 October, 2017
    FTfmJohn Dizard
    US brokers should fear Massachusetts AG’s probe

    Lucrative order routing revenues rely too much on clueless customers, says John Dizard

  • Sunday, 10 September, 2017
    Exchange traded funds
    ETF industry’s remarkable record-breaking run

    Led by BlackRock, the top 10 providers enjoy dramatic rise in assets since end of 2013

  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2017
    Equity exchanges
    Massachusetts to probe ‘maker taker’ rebate system

    State looking at whether payments by exchanges creates a conflict that hurts investors

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