News

Law

Asset Management

Investment Banking

Wealth

Hedge Funds

People

Newsletters

Events

Lists

Knight Capital hires Morgan Stanley sales stars

Embattled US broker has hired a well-regarded wholesale equities duo from Morgan Stanley, as it seeks to boost broker-dealer sales

Knight Capital, the US broker which earlier this month lost more than $400m from a rogue algorithm, has hired a well-regarded European equities sales team from Morgan Stanley in a bid to boost sales of its electronic products to other brokers, Financial News has learned.

Matt McClean and Malcolm Ford are set to join Knight's London office at the end of October, according to sources familiar with the situation.

WSJ Logo