Charles Schwab Corporation Investor Services — Regulatory fees and assessments increased by 9.3% to $59.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 15.7%, from $70.00M to $59.00M. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Investor Services — Regulatory fees and assessments shows an upward trend with a 6.4% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Increases often reflect changes in the regulatory environment or industry-wide assessments, rather than internal operational changes.
Costs incurred to comply with financial industry regulations and assessments levied by governing bodies for the Investor...
Standard 'Regulatory' or 'Compliance' expense line item in financial services.
schw_segment_investor_services_regulatory_fees_and_assessments| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $49.25M | $49.25M | $49.25M | $49.25M | $96.75M | $96.75M | $96.75M | $96.75M | $94.00M | $76.00M | $70.00M | $71.00M | $70.00M | $62.00M | $51.00M | $54.00M | $59.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +96.4% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -2.8% | -19.1% | -7.9% | +1.4% | -1.4% | -11.4% | -17.7% | +5.9% | +9.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +96.4% | +96.4% | +96.4% | +96.4% | -2.8% | -21.4% | -27.6% | -26.6% | -25.5% | -18.4% | -27.1% | -23.9% | -15.7% |