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Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106753

Filed as CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 1990, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

36 years
registered since 1990
$1,721,025,914,896
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees; other.

Where is Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc located?

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 13 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1990. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106753.

How much does Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc manage?

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc reports $1,721,025,914,896 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $609,947,976,569 in the October 2021 data and $1,721,025,914,896 in the October 2026 data, up 182%. Total employees: 782 in October 2021 and 946 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (697,928); high net worth individuals (154,404); corporations or other businesses not listed above (1,901).

Which custodians does Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc use?

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (affiliated with the firm) as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/106753

What changed in Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 173 to 175. Regulatory assets under management went from $1,436,974,514,828 to $1,721,025,914,896 (+20%). Changed its office addresses in Jersey City, NJ. Added an office in Lone Tree, CO. Added an office in New York, NY. No longer lists an office in Cleveland, OH. No longer lists an office in Omaha, NE.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,721,025,914,896

$1,721,025,914,896 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,697,040,740,565.Non-discretionary: $23,985,174,331.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 697,928 Assets $108,472,648,739 (6%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 154,404 Assets $106,928,612,606 (6%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 109 Assets $1,473,807,453,082 (86%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 166 Assets $24,657,994,202 (1%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 1,805 Assets $1,695,676,780 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 264 Assets $757,529,406 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 10 Assets $239,163,028 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 10 Assets $420,281,815 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1,901 Assets $4,046,555,238 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
SCHWAB ASSET MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1990 (36 years)
Employees
Total: 946. Performing investment advisory functions: 175.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
13 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Boston, MABurlington, MAChicago, ILHuntersville, NCJersey City, NJLone Tree, CONaples, FLNew York, NYPhoenix, AZRaleigh, NCRichfield, OHSouthlake, TXWestlake, TX
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$610B 2021 $701B 2022 $783B 2023 $1099B 2024 $1437B 2025 $1721B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,721,025,914,896946March 30, 2026
October 2025$1,436,974,514,828877March 27, 2025
October 2024$1,098,805,397,188857September 24, 2024
October 2023$782,620,910,1601,007May 17, 2023
October 2022$700,818,097,648886September 21, 2022
October 2021$609,947,976,569782September 20, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $609,947,976,569 in the October 2021 data and $1,721,025,914,896 in the October 2026 data, up 182%.

Total employees: 782 in October 2021 and 946 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 173 to 175.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,436,974,514,828 to $1,721,025,914,896 (+20%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Jersey City, NJ.
    • Added an office in Lone Tree, CO.
    • Added an office in New York, NY.
    • No longer lists an office in Cleveland, OH.
    • No longer lists an office in Omaha, NE.
  2. January 2026
    • No longer lists an office in Lone Tree, CO.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
linkdin.com/company/thomas-partners-incschwab.comschwab.com/thomaspartnersschwab.com/windhavenschwabassetmanagement.comschwabfunds.comschwabtrustbankcollectives.comthomaspartnersim.comthomaspartnersinc.comthomaspartnersincome.comthomaspartnersinvestmentmanagement.comwindhaveninvestments.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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