Knight Capital
Keeping the robots honest
Human overseers are in short supply in an arena where losses can be crippling within minutes
Gain GTX gathers momentum as it awaits Sef licence
Gain Capital's institutional platform reached average daily volume of $20.4 billion in November, a year on from the appointment of Joseph Wald to run the platform
KCG Europe loses chief executive
Robert Smith departs the recently merged company in Europe
Business as usual for Hotspot under new ownership, says platform chief
Delivering technology to tackle client problems is central to the mission of KCG, the new parent company of Hotspot FX, according to Albert Maasland, head of global execution services and platforms
Fair Trading Technology appoints four board members
Singh, Maasland, Vollemaere and Pounds join board of retail trading technology company
Trading places, February 25, 2013
New hires at Institutional Liquidity, Legal & General IM and Rule Financial, while GFI Group appoints new chief executive
Hotspot falls under new oversight in Knight/Getco reshuffle
New management structure gives Albert Maasland and Joseph Mazzella oversight of Hotspot FX, which continues to be run by the same team
Could FX volumes bounce back in 2013?
As the central bank FX committees prepare to publish their semi-annual turnover surveys today, trading volumes are expected to have remained depressed in October 2012, but many now expect a recovery in volumes this year
Gain Capital hires new chief for GTX
The former head of Knight Direct and founder of EdgeTrade is joining Gain Capital to head its institutional FX platform, GTX
Knight Capital and Getco merger to close in Q2
The merger of the two firms, which was announced on December 19, will see FX trading platform Hotspot FX fall under new management
Hotspot FX takes a hit from Hurricane Sandy
A power outage at Knight Capital's New Jersey headquarters yesterday forced Hotspot FX to request that clients divert business to other platforms
Trading places, October 1, 2012
New hires at Barclays and Citi, while Gain Capital loses its CIO and Knight Capital reorganises its management team