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Schwab finally hops on the iPhone app bandwagon -- to the iTune of 30,000 potential RIA employees

The big custodian went live on Thursday morning after a pilot with 15 advisors -- and about 18 months after Fidelity

Author Brooke Southall June 29, 2012 at 4:37 AM
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Steve Hirsch: We didn't want to invest in something that wouldn't be used.

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Bill Winterberg

Bill Winterberg

June 29, 2012 — 2:01 PM

Both Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services and TD Ameritrade Institutional support trading on their iPad apps for advisors, and have for months now, yet “Schwab does not yet have trading on the drawing board?”

This is a missed opportunity for Schwab Advisor Services.

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