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The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) regularly issues news and press releases covering its financial services operations, trading platforms, client activity, and research insights. On this page, readers can find updates tied to Schwab’s brokerage, banking, asset management, custody, and financial advisory businesses, as well as information about its role in retail trading and workplace retirement services.
Company news often highlights trends in client engagement, such as monthly activity reports detailing total client assets, net new assets, new brokerage accounts, daily average trades, margin loan balances, and client cash levels. Schwab also reports on enhancements to its trading experience across Schwab.com, Schwab Mobile, and the thinkorswim® platform suite, including new analytical tools, order features, and support for options and futures trading through its futures and forex subsidiary.
Schwab’s releases feature investor education initiatives and media efforts, including expanded live and virtual education events, Schwab Coaching sessions, and programming from its Schwab Network media affiliate. The company also publishes the Schwab Trading Activity Index™ (STAX), a proprietary measure of sampled retail client positioning and trading behavior, and shares outlooks from the Schwab Center for Financial Research on equities, fixed income, and wealth management topics.
Investors and observers can use this news feed to follow developments such as strategic transactions disclosed in Form 8-K filings, periodic business updates for institutional investors, and announcements related to corporate financing activities. Bookmarking this page provides a centralized view of Schwab’s latest public communications about its markets perspective, platform evolution, and client activity.
The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW) declared a 19% increase in its quarterly common dividend to $0.32 per share, payable February 27, 2026 to holders of record on February 13, 2026. The Board also declared preferred stock dividends for Series D, H, I, J and K payable March 2, 2026.
Preferred dividend highlights: depositary-share payouts include $0.3720 (Series D), $10.00 (Series H), $10.00 (Series I), $0.27825 (Series J) and $12.50 (Series K) for the December 1, 2025–February 28, 2026 period.
Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) announced executive transitions effective July 1, 2026, including two planned retirements and organizational realignments across banking, audit, wealth advisory, technology, operations, and data.
Paul Woolway and Mitch Mantua will retire; Tyler Woulfe and Jessica Bramhall assume bank and audit leadership. Neesha Hathi and Dennis Howard gain expanded roles reporting to CEO Rick Wurster.
Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) was named #1 Overall Broker in StockBrokers.com’s 2026 Annual Awards for the second consecutive year, earning top category rankings in Mobile Trading Apps, Advanced Trading, Ease of Use, Customer Service, and High Net Worth Investors. StockBrokers.com’s awards are based on research across 300+ data variables and seven categories. Schwab said it handled about 10% of total US notional trading volume in 2025 and is the leading retail broker by daily average trades. Schwab also won industry awards for Active Trading Desktop Platform and Stock Research.
Schwab (SCHW) released a study (Jan 22, 2026) finding AI adoption among independent RIAs has more than doubled since 2023, with 63% now using AI tools and 82% of those users relying on generative AI. The study shows most firms remain in early stages: administrative use cases dominate and only about 1 in 10 AI users are fully integrating AI into business strategy. Schwab launched Schwab Advisor AI in Action to provide education, peer networking, vendor access, monthly webcasts, in-person summits, and executive programs across 2026 to help RIAs scale AI adoption.
The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW) reported record 4Q25 and full‑year 2025 results. 4Q net revenues rose 19% YoY to $6.3B; GAAP net income was $2.5B or $1.33 per share (adjusted EPS $1.39). Full‑year revenue was $23.9B, up 22% vs. 2024, and full‑year adjusted net income was $9.24B.
Client metrics: total client assets reached a record $11.90T; 4Q core net new assets were $163.9B, bringing 2025 core net new assets to $519.4B (5.1% organic growth). Capital return included $7.3B repurchased in 2025.
Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) expanded its investor education offerings for 2026, adding more in-person and virtual events, increased event capacity and a refreshed Schwab Network programming lineup after record engagement in 2025.
Key metrics: Schwab Network viewership rose 47% YoY to 58 million in 2025, with 87.2M social impressions (over three times 2024). Schwab Coaching provides 35 hours of live interactive sessions weekly and paperMoney simulated trading remains available for practice.
Charles Schwab (SCHW) reported its Schwab Trading Activity Index™ (STAX) fell to 48.48 in December from 48.75 in November, ending a three-month streak of outpacing the S&P 500.
Clients were modest net sellers during the STAX period ending Dec 26, 2025, with most selling concentrated in the holiday-shortened final week and interpreted as year-end repositioning. Information Technology flipped from largest net-buy to largest net-sell; Consumer Discretionary, Health Care, Industrials, and Energy also saw net selling. Major U.S. indexes set all-time highs on Dec 26. Schwab noted a third Fed rate cut since September and stronger Q3 GDP alongside softer Nov CPI.
Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) announced on December 23, 2025 it will match the U.S. government’s one-time $1,000 contribution to eligible newborn children of Schwab’s U.S. employees, adding an additional $1,000 per eligible child. The government program, termed “Trump Accounts,” provides a $1,000 pilot contribution from the U.S. Treasury into a tax-advantaged account for children born in the U.S. between 2025 and 2028.
Schwab framed the match as part of its long-term mission to increase access to investing and financial literacy, citing employee support, educational programs such as Moneywise America, and partnerships with schools and nonprofits. For current account details, the company directed readers to TrumpAccounts.gov.
Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) released its Schwab’s Market Perspective: 2026 Outlook and a companion 2026 Wealth Management Outlook on December 17, 2025. The reports provide guidance across major asset classes: U.S. stocks, treasury bonds and fixed income, corporate credit, municipal bonds, and international stocks.
Key themes include a potentially unstable macro backdrop but firmer earnings for stocks, a preference for higher-quality intermediate-duration bonds, an up-in-quality bias for corporate credit, attractive muni tax-adjusted yields, and opportunity in international equities if global growth and dollar dynamics improve.
Charles Schwab (SCHW) scheduled a Winter Business Update for institutional investors on Wednesday, January 21. The live public webcast will run from 7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. CT (8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. ET) and will feature President and CEO Rick Wurster and CFO Mike Verdeschi. The session is part of an ongoing series to update the investment community on recent developments and management’s strategic focus areas. The webcast will be accessible at https://schwabevents.com/corporation.
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