Tradeweb Founder Joins GFI Group Tradeweb Markets founder James W. Toffey has joined brokerage GFI Group as global head of electronic markets to oversee GFI’s services as a global operator of electronic marketplaces for professional traders and market makers of cash and derivative financial and commodity products, officials say.At Tradeweb, Toffey served as the CEO… Read More >>
GFI Hires 32 Brokers as Former NICE Actimize Exec Joins Quantifi
GFI Acquires 32 Phoenix Partners Group Brokers GFI Group, which offers brokerage services, market data, trading platforms and analytics software, has acquired key assets of Phoenix Partners Group, an independent interdealer-broker in the international credit and equity markets. As a result of the transaction, GFI will be hiring 32 brokers—divided between offices in New York… Read More >>
GFI Moves Into Mexico as RBC Capital Markets Hires from Barclays
GFI Launches Mexican Office GFI Group has launched operations in Mexico after its Mexican affiliate GFI Grupo Mexico, S.A. de C.V. met Mexican regulations, officials say.“We had been servicing our Mexican clients from New York for over 10 years and it is a pleasure for us to be able to service them locally,” says Nick… Read More >>
Wall Street Layoffs and Bonuses Are Back as Colin Powell to Speak at Fiserv Forum
DiNapoli Report: Upward Spiral for Bonuses and Layoffs Bonuses for 2012 will rise by 9 percent during this year’s bonus season as profits for broker/dealer operations of NYSE Euronext exchange members tripled compared to profits earned in 2011, according to report from the office of the New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.At the same… Read More >>
GFI to Open an Office in Mexico as NYSE Technologies Appoints New CEO
Robson Takes CEO Post at NYSE Technologies Market data industry veteran Jon Robson has left his position as president of the Enterprise Division at Thomson Reuters to become the next CEO of NYSE Technologies, say officials at NYSE Euronext. As CEO, Robson will oversee the connectivity, transaction and data services business of the commercial technology… Read More >>
