Charles Schwab plans job cuts and office downsizing amid efforts to reduce costs

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Charles Schwab plans to cut jobs and close or downsize some corporate offices as part of company efforts to reduce operating costs&comma; the financial services firm said in a regulatory filing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With these cuts&comma; Charles Schwab expects to achieve at least 500 million US dollars &lpar;£392 million&rpar; of incremental annual run-rate cost savings – but also incur about 400 million dollars &lpar;£314 million&rpar; to 500 million dollars from expenses like employee compensation&comma; benefits and facility exit costs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Westlake&comma; Texas-based company did not specify how many positions would be eliminated — but suggested that the layoffs will take place in the coming months&comma; noting that it anticipated most costs related to these job cuts for the second half of 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Office locations set to be affected by closures or downsizing were also not specified&comma; but Charles Schwab said it expected to incur those property-related costs in 2023 and 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Monday’s filing&comma; the company pointed to previously announced &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;incremental actions to streamline its operations to prepare for post-integration” — in addition to cost synergies related to the integration of stockbroker TD Ameritrade&comma; which Charles Schwab acquired for 22 billion dollars in 2020&period; The job cuts and office reductions arrive as the company assesses its property footprint and works to lower its operating costs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have said&comma; we intend to take a series of actions this year and into 2024 aimed at removing cost and complexity from the firm&comma; including reducing our expense base and streamlining our operating model&comma;” a Charles Schwab spokesperson said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This will result in eliminating some positions in the coming months&comma; mostly in non-client facing areas&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In July&comma; Charles Schwab reported net income of 1&period;3 billion dollars &lpar;£1&period;02 billion&rpar;&comma; down from 1&period;8 billion dollars &lpar;£1&period;41 billion&rpar; for the same period in 2022&period; At the time&comma; the company said it was closing offices in five cities — Atlanta&comma; San Antonio&comma; San Diego&comma; St Louis and Tampa — by October 1 and downsizing its property footprint in six other markets&comma; Charles Schwab confirmed to Think Advisor and other news outlets last month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Charles Schwab shares were down about 3&percnt; 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