But just as mid-range investors all over have turned to the likes of Charles Schwab (nasdaq: SCHW - news - people ) or TD Waterhouse, where they can take an active roll in managing their own portfolios, lower-profile athletes use advisers like Wilkes.

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The firm commands a 30 percent market share in China's nascent TD-SCDMA market, and hey, you can only be a massively successful manufacturer in your domestic market before trying your hand elsewhere, right?

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But just as mid-range investors all over have turned to the likes of Charles Schwab or TD Waterhouse, where they can take an active roll in managing their own portfolios, lower-profile athletes use advisers like Wilkes.

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