Charles Schwab Company Description
The once-rebellious Charles Schwab is all grown up. The discount broker now offers the same traditional brokerage services it shunned some three decades ago. Schwab manages more than $1 trillion in assets for more than 8 million individual and institutional clients. Traders can access its services via telephone, wireless device, the Internet, and through more than 300 US offices. Besides discount brokerage, the firm offers financial research, advice, and planning; investment management; retirement plans; and proprietary Schwab and Laudus mutual funds, in addition to mortgages, CDs, and other banking products through its Charles Schwab Bank unit.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of Charles Schwab's organization from inception to current status.
Produced by Hoover's in-house editorial team, the Company Description tracks ownership transitions, company progress via mergers and acquisitions, major growth milestones, and strategic initiatives, to provide a holistic view of Charles Schwab's evolution in the marketplace.
