Citywire This Week in Wealth

The block (fee) is hot

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With Alex and Ian on the road, Andrew, Sam and Alec take over the pod to discuss the rollout of Charles Schwab’s new $5-per-account block trading fee, which has caused some understandable fretting among RIAs, as well as the court-ordered end of a high-profile legal beef between two of the country’s largest independent wealth managers (plus, a few notes on SpaceX’s mega-IPO and what it means for advisors and their clients).
19 Jun English United States Investing

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