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Knight Cutting Jobs

August 9, 2011

In yet another instance of a firm looking to cut costs, Knight Capital said it has started to reduce its global workforce by 6%.  The cuts are concentrated in:  (i) service sales;  (ii) equities trading;  (iii) fixed income trading.  Cuts also being made to research, technology and operations.

Knight CEO Thomas Joyce said the cuts will be in regions that are no longer competitive.  Asia looks to receive the brunt of the cuts, with all of its Hong Kong institutional equities staff being axed or reassigned.  The firm's global program trading unit also will be closed - and it was just launched in April.  Overall, the company expects the job cuts to reduce expenses by $40-50 million.  [Trader's Magazine, 8/5/11]