A first look at how GETCO and Knight stack up against and with each other, as they head into a merger of their global market making activities.
The Combined GETCO-Knight Capital
Chief Executive Officer: Daniel Coleman
Chief Financial Officer: Steven Bisgay
Executive Chairman, Board of Directors: Thomas Joyce
GETCO
BUSINESS: High-speed algorithmic trading, market making
MARKETS: Equities, equity options, commodities, foreign exchange
REGIONS: North America, South America, Europe, Asia
VENUES: CME, EUREX, NYSE Arca Options, BATS, Nasdaq, Nasdaq Options, Chi-X, BrokerTec, eSpeed
FOUNDED: 1999
EMPLOYEES: 400
OFFICES: New York, Chicago, London, Singapore
KNIGHT CAPITAL
MARKET CAPITALIZATION: $605.7 billion
BUSINESS: Electronic trading, market making
MARKETS: Equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, futures, options
VOLUMES:
* U.S. equities: $20.6 billion (November)
* 128,000 shares a second, 19,000 equities traded
* Foreign exchange: $21.6 billion (November)
REVENUES: $448.4 million, first nine months 2012
NET LOSS: $353.5 million, same
EMPLOYEES: 1,545
HEADQUARTERS: Jersey City, N.J.
SOURCES: GETCO, Knight Capital
