Build your Separate Accounts structure under our roof. At Schwab, we
make it easy for you to create and manage your Separate Accounts framework
by offering you flexible service choices and the efficiencies of centralized
custody.
Whether identifying separate account managers yourself or engaging a
third party to assist you, we help focus your efforts with two launching
points: Managed Account Connection, and Registered Investment Advisor
Consultants.
Managed Account Connection
When you direct the selection, negotiations, and due diligence of your
separate account managers, leverage the flexibility of our Managed Account
Connection service.
Online Tools
In the Separately Managed Accounts
area of www.schwabinstitutional.com, you will find a Managed Account Connection
money manager database; operational and educational information on all
of our separate accounts services; downloadable account applications;
and dates of upcoming conference calls, seminars, and events.
The database feature allows you to conduct research anytime, day or night.
Representing over 80 investment styles, these money managers are committed
to working with investment advisors. *
Since all participating separate account managers have completed required
contracts with Schwab Institutional, your separate account managers are
ready to begin work when you are. **
* Charles Schwab and
Co., Inc. does not recommend, endorse, render advice about, or make any
referrals of Investment Managers or their clients to any separate account
manager.
** You or the separate
account manager may require additional contracts.
Pricing Advantage
Separate account managers in our Managed Account Connection service offer
lowered fees and/or account minimums while you retain flexibility for
further negotiations on fees. Asset- and transaction-based pricing are
available when calculating the fee for Schwab's brokerage services, helping
you maintain consistent client pricing structures. We can fully disclose
all fees - yours, the separate account managers', and Schwab's -- to ensure
that investors stay informed of all account charges.
Registered Investment Advisor Consultants (RIACs)
Connecting with a RIAC through Schwab Institutional provides access
to specialists who use your criteria to screen separate account manager
candidates and propose options for your final selection. RIACs conduct
due diligence on all separate account managers you select through their
services. Additionally, RIACs are a resource for asset allocation software,
financial research, and customized performance reporting when you want
to augment your firm's services.