E*Trade to buy BrownCo for $1.6bn
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Posted in Financial News, 29th September 2005 15:57 GMT
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E*Trade Financial is blowing $1.6bn in cash to acquire BrownCo - the online brokerage service of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
the addition of BrownCo's 200,000 customers will take the total number of E*Trade customer accounts to almost 4.3m.
Together, the enlarged financial group will hold around $160bn in customer assets and customer cash and deposits of $27bn.
The acquisition of BrownCo is part of E*Trade's eagerness to grow the business in this "fast-consolidating industry".
Last month E*Trade announced plans to splash out $700m in cash to buy Canada-based rival Harrisdirect. The transaction, which still needs the usual regulatory rubber stamps, is expected to close by October. ®
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