Other financial firms may try to expand their presence, but it's going to be difficult to keep up with the Joneses. The principal subsidiary of The Jones Financial Companies, retail brokerage Edward D. Jones & Co. (better known by trade name Edward Jones) operates 9,900 branch offices located throughout the US, many in small towns or suburbs and all linked by a satellite network. It operates another 600 offices in Canada and 300 in the UK. Edward Jones, which advocates a conservative investment strategy, sells securities and insurance products and distributes mutual funds to more than 7 million clients. Edward Jones is selling its UK business to Towry Law.