The Charles Schwab Corporation is a leading provider of financial services, with more than 300 office and 7.6 million client brokerage accounts, 1.5 million corporate retirement plan participants, 593,000 bank accounts, and $1.2 trillion in client assets. Through advocacy and innovation, the company has worked to make investing more affordable, more accessible and more understandable to all. Schwab meets the needs of individuals and institutional clients through three primary business segment: * Investor Services provides retail brokerage and banking operations to millions of individuals. * Advisor Serviced is the industry leader in providing custodial, trading and support services to independent investment advisors * Corporate and Retirement Services provides retirement plan services to employers and employees, as well as support services for plan administrators.