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Mar. 4, 2011

Suit Against Schwab Dismissed

The Charles Schwab Corp. won dismissal of investors' claims that the firm's Total Bond Market Fund violated California law by investing too heavily in mortgage-backed securities.


By Rebecca Beyer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Investors suing the Charles Schwab Corp. over its Total Bond Market Fund's investments in mortgage-backed securities have come up short again.


The plaintiffs, led by Northstar Financial Advisors Inc., claim that the fund deviated from its objectives by increasing investments in mortgage-backed securities. But U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh ruled late Tuesday that the plaintiffs&#...

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