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Knight Capital Group, a US-based financial services group, has launched a fixed income service for investment advisors, hiring five ex-Morgan Stanley traders and relationship managers to lead the team. read more>

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has reorganised its top tier of management and business operations to better manage its positioning as a gateway for firms that want to trade in the Asian region. read more>

The Australian Securities Exchange has targeted August 2010 for completion of the transfer of market supervision responsibilities to national regulator the Australian Securities and Investment Commission. read more>

Capital markets management and consultancy firm Grey Spark Partners has added an ex-Goldman Sachs director to its investment banking operations team, as the firm looks to develop its full service capabilities. read more>

Deutsche Börse and its derivatives exchange subsidiary Eurex has named Stuart Heath to lead its representative office in London and further develop client relationships. He takes over from Harmut Klein on 1 July. read more>

Hector Sants is to extend his tenure as the chief executive officer of UK regulator the Financial Services Authority to help ensure a smooth transition of its powers to the Bank of England. read more>

GETCO, the Chicago-based electronic trading and market making firm, has appointed a former Instinet executive to lead its business development activities in Asia. read more>

Global agency broker and technology provider ITG has shuffled its executive team, with David Stevens moving from Europe to lead the firm’s Asia-Pacific operations. read more>

Broker-dealer Knight Capital has hired three directors across its European capital markets team in Europe and US-based fixed-income subsidiary, Knight Libertas. read more>

Instinet has snapped up two sales heads from fellow agency broker ITG as it continues to develop its electronic trading business in Asia. read more>