Charles Schwab Corp. has acquired online options and futures brokerage optionsXpress Holdings. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Following the acquisition, Schwab’s clients can open a separate account using the optionsXpress platform, adds Investment News. optionsXpress has about 397,400 client accounts, $8.4 billion in client assets and a 12 month average of 44,900 daily average revenue trades.
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