Schwab to create 'tax-aware' strategy that's been attracting billions from wealthy investors
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In this article When Charles Schwab released its quarterly earnings on Thursday, it wasn't the quarterly earnings per share print in the numbers that caught the attention of those who manage money for wealthy stock investors - it was a $60.7 billion figure. That was reported in a detail about margin loan balances which increased 14% quarter-over-quarter to $187.9 billion, including a whopping $60.7 billion related to what are known as "tax-aware" long/short strategies used by many registered investment advisors. These strategies have been booming as a way for the wealthy to super-charge tax-loss harvesting approaches to stock gains and losses. According to one estimated provided by Tax Alpha Insider to CNBC in September, total assets in TALS surged to more than $170 billion this year from $2 billion in 2022. Now Schwab is planning to take a bigger piece of that action. On the earnings call , Schwab CEO Rick Wurster said in response to a question from UBS analyst Mike Brown that the broker will launch its own version of the tax-aware long-short strategy. "Obviously, the tax advantage long/short products have been a meaningful driver of client demand and asset gathering across the industry. There is an increasing number of funds coming to market, and so given Schwab's positioning and client interest in the category, do you see an opportunity to launch a proprietary solution?"...
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