Our resources, your advantage.

We have a broad range of events, educational tools, and resources to help you learn, grow, and stay one step ahead.

Events

Schwab hosts and is involved in a number of thought-provoking events throughout the year. These events provide valuable networking opportunities, relevant industry insights, and hands-on educational opportunities.

Client Events

  • IMPACT®

    Schwab’s premier conference for independent investment advisors.

  • National Summit—Spring 2018

    Retirement Business Services’ premier client event for recordkeepers and advisors, focused on industry perspectives, practice management topics, and operational management insights.

  • Webcasts

    Online events designed to keep you up to date on current trends, industry insights, and commentary from Schwab experts.

  • Practice Management Trainings

    Earn your Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) designation and more.

  • Certified 401(k) Professional Designation

    Select advisors are invited to attend The Retirement Advisor University (TRAU)1 at the UCLA Anderson School of Management Executive Education to earn this prestigious designation.

  • Regional Events

    Half-day educational training programs that are geared toward helping independent advisors grow their corporate retirement plan business.

Industry Events

We also attend many key events focused on the recordkeeping industry, such as randug and ASPPA™ Annual.

Featured Event

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Fiduciary Investment Advisors2
Winner of Best-in-Retirement Business Impact Award™ 2018.

Best-in-Retirement Business Impact Award™ 2018

High achievers wanted. This annual award recognizes an independent investment advisor or recordkeeper for demonstrating leadership and excellence in the retirement plan industry. The award includes a $15,000 donation to a charity chosen by the winning firm.

Best-in-Retirement Business Impact Award™ 2018

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Onscreen logo and text: Fiduciary Investment Advisors. Best-in-Retirement Business IMPACT Award™. Fiduciary governance experts.

Mark Wetzel: We strive to provide superior investment advice and fiduciary guidance for our clients.

Karen Paulson: Leveraging technologies and practices with a proven track record of encouraging savings.

Mike Goss: It’s this client-centric approach that’s made us succeed.

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Katherine Marino: We created a governance calendar, so our clients have a clear expectation of what we will provide for them—and when.

Karen Paulson: It ensures we address relevant issues annually, while providing our clients with current best practices.

Ryan Gardner: It’s how we’re able to bring our expertise and knowledge to the savers and organizations that need it most.

Onscreen text: Meeting participants where they are

Mike Goss: We strive to locate superior technology solutions…

Ryan Gardner: Like our client portal and electronic education materials…

Mark Wetzel: Helping participants understand how to spend in retirement so they don’t outlive their money.

Onscreen text: Support for our people, support for our communities

Karen Paulson: We support professional development through mentoring and training.

Mark Wetzel: It’s why we’re consistently recognized as one of the industry’s best places to work.

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Onscreen logo and text: Fiduciary Investment Advisors

Onscreen text: For general informational purposes only.

The named advisory firm is independent and not affiliated with Schwab or its affiliates. Schwab does not endorse or supervise advisors and does not prepare or verify information distributed by advisors. Investors must decide whether to hire an advisor and what authority to give the firm. The views expressed by the advisors are their own, without endorsement or verification by Schwab, and some statements have been edited.

Schwab Advisor Services™ serves independent investment advisors and includes the custody, trading and support services of Schwab™.

©2018 Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”). All rights reserved. Member SIPC. (1018-8JT4)

Tools

As a Schwab client, you can access a range of powerful investment research and monitoring tools and prospecting opportunities that can help you bring additional value and expertise to your clients.

  • Schwab’s integrated fi360® Toolkit1

    Integrated with Schwab’s platform, this industry-leading, web-based software streamlines plan management to help you manage the fiduciary process.

  • Mutual fund search tool

    See our mutual fund search tool to quickly research and filter more than 13,000 mutual funds, including a variety of no-load, no-transaction-fee funds.3 You can find it on the Schwab Retirement Center website.

  • PensionPlanet

    Available on the Schwab Retirement Center website, this robust tool enables clients to easily search for retirement plan sales opportunities. A database of more than 1.6 million benefit plans, it features flexible filters that allow you to easily focus searches on your target market, gain valuable insight into a plan’s reported fees, view the number of participants in and total value of a company’s plan, and much more.

Resources

In addition to our events and tools, we have a robust online resource library offering white papers, research studies, and industry perspectives. Here’s a small sampling of what you’ll find:

See our Resources page

Talk to us about your retirement plan business needs.