Tag: Hotspot FX

October 17, 2012 BY Gerald Segal

Hotspot FX (and Knight Capital) have nice September comeback

Firm volumes overall recover nicely following August "glitch". Brokerage firm Knight Capital -- which famously nearly went under in early August after a trading glitch in its equities business caused a $400 million loss -- announced its volumes for September, and in most key categories things seem to have stabilized. In its Forex ECN unit…

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September 24, 2012 BY Gerald Segal

Hotspot FX unlikely to be sold

Hotspot FX would likely fetch $150-200 million. In comments made to reporters on the sidelines of a Security Traders Association conference on Friday, and reported by Reuters, Knight Capital CEO Tom Joyce said that the company is unlikely to shed any of its major business units -- which include Forex ECN Hotspot FX -- as Knight looks…

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