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Trading firm Virtu Financial to buy KCG for about $1.4 billion
April 21st, 2017
Virtu Financial Inc (VIRT.O) said it would buy rival KCG Holdings Inc (KCG.N) in a $1.4 billion deal that brings together two major U.S. electronic trading and market-making firms. The deal comes at a difficult time for high-frequency trading ...
Virtu Financial proposed to acquire KCG Holdings
March 16th, 2017
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG), a leading independent securities firm offering investors a range of services designed to address trading needs across asset classes, product types and time zones, today confirmed that it has received an unsolicited proposal from ...
Virtu Financial Enters into a Strategic Minority Investment with SBI Japannext
July 6th, 2016
Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) announced today it is making a strategic minority investment in SBI Japannext, Co., Ltd., a leading Proprietary Trading System (‘PTS’) based in Tokyo. The investment is part of Virtu’s strategic long-term commitment to the Japanese marketplace. ...
AMF Enforcement Committee sanctions Virtu Financial Europe and Euronext Paris
December 10th, 2015
On 4 December 2015, the Enforcement Committee handed down a penalty of €5 million to Virtu Financial Europe for market manipulation and ignoring Euronext market rules. It also handed down a penalty in the same amount to Euronext Paris ...
French Regulator Considers Fining Virtu Financial for 2009 Trading
November 6th, 2015
Autorité des Marchés Financiers previously accused Virtu’s Madison Tyler Holdings of violations A French regulator is considering a multimillion euro fine for Virtu Financial Inc. as it weighs a penalty for trading that took place in 2009. France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers ...
Virtu Financial Announces First Quarter 2015 Results
May 6th, 2015
Virtu Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq:VIRT) a leading technology-enabled market maker and liquidity provider to the global financial markets, which priced its initial public offering on April 15, 2015, today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. First ...
U.S. financial regulator releases Primer on Virtual Currencies
October 18th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s LabCFTC released, “A CFTC Primer on Virtual Currencies.” This primer is the first of a series that LabCFTC will release to provide fundamental, and essential, information about financial technology (FinTech) innovation. “LabCFTC believes that ...
Corvil Develops World’s First Virtual Security Expert to Address Cybersecurity in Financial Markets
May 17th, 2017
Corvil today announced a cybersecurity solution specifically designed to address the unique security needs of today’s electronic trading businesses looking to solve escalating concerns over cyber attacks while demonstrating compliance with evolving regulations. Powered by sophisticated machine learning algorithms, ...
Virtual assets-based money laundering and other crypto-enabled crimes
December 14th, 2021
The 5th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies on 7-8 December 2021, co-organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, INTERPOL and Europol, saw several thousand participants from the public and private sectors gathering to exchange knowledge on virtual ...
Is China really developing a sovereign virtual currency?
October 16th, 2018
China is considered to be an advanced nation when it comes to all things digital. And although the country disappointed many when it banned the trading of bitcoins and other popular cryptocurrencies — China hasn’t given up on blockchains or ...