How does Schwab serve advisors?

Technology for your back office

We know you want to spend more time helping your clients. That’s why we are continually enhancing our technology with time-saving innovations that enable you to run your office more efficiently.

Our philosophy

  • We believe technology serves the greater purpose of helping you transact business, manage assets and serve your clients
  • We want you to have the right technology to meet your needs
  • Our technology is designed to make doing business with us and your clients as easy as possible
  • It’s our job to ensure you get the most out of our technology by providing high-quality training and expert support

Our method

  • Multiple ways to use our applications and platform, depending on your preference
  • Ability to help you adapt technology to your specific needs
  • Commitment to interoperability and an avoidance of proprietary solutions
    • Open data sharing
    • Elimination of re-keying of information across multiple systems
  • Open-architecture PortfolioCenter® portfolio management platform from Schwab Performance Technologies

Our resources

  • Technology consultants with experience and expertise who can:
    • Analyze your current back-office processes and provide recommendations on helping you streamline them. They can:
      • Provide insight into ways to improve your internal processes
      • Identify additional hardware and software you may need
    • Train your office on how to best use Schwab’s technology
    • Help you find the right portfolio management system that will work with Schwab’s platform and meet your specific needs — your asset mix, investment style and other factors. Some examples include PortfolioCenter, Advent Axys®, Captools™, Checkfree® APL™, dbCAMS+™
    • Provide leverage and expert knowledge to help you in your dealings with other technology vendors
    • Provide integration with third-party service providers including: data entry services; quarter-end processing services; back-office data management services; and reporting, planning and analytical services
  • Webcasts and events for you and your operations teams to:
    • Train on new enhancements
    • Teach you to better apply technology to your business
    • Provide access to technology experts
    • Connect you with other advisors and their approaches
    • Work with you at regional Schwab SOLUTIONS workshops to help you get the most out of Schwab’s technology
  • Training/cross-training programs for your office
  • A technical support team with experienced instructors to help you fully utilize our technology solutions

Schwab Performance Technologies (“SPT”), like Schwab, is a subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation. Schwab provides brokerage services, while SPT licenses software and provides related technology products and services. PortfolioCenter® is a product of SPT.

PortfolioCenter is a product of Schwab Performance Technologies™ (SPT). Schwab Performance Technologies, Inc., is a subsidiary of the The Charles Schwab Corporation.

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