A.G. Edwards, Inc., together with its directly owned and indirectly owned subsidiaries, provides securities and commodities brokerage, investment banking, trust, asset management, retirement planning and insurance products and other related financial services to individual, corporate, governmental and institutional clients. Edwards is a broker-dealer whose business, primarily with individual clients, is conducted through one of the largest retail branch office networks (based upon number of offices and financial consultants) in the United States.