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Knight Trading Says SEC Issues Formal Order of Investigation
Tuesday November 12, 1:37 pm ET
By Gaston F. Ceron
Dow Jones Newswires
NEW YORK -- Knight Trading Group Inc. (NasdaqNM:NITE - News) said the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a formal order of investigation related to an inquiry into allegations of improper trading at Knight.
As has been reported, the allegations, which included claims of front-running at the Jersey City, N.J., trading company, surfaced in an arbitration claim filed late last year against Knight by a former employee. Knight had previously characterized regulatory inquiries related to the matter as informal; however, in a filing with the SEC, which was released Tuesday, Knight said a formal order of investigation had been issued by the SEC.
A spokesman for the SEC declined to comment. However, Knight officials said Tuesday that the SEC has actually been treating the matter as a formal investigation for months, but that Knight only learned of this status recently, hence the 10-Q disclosure.
Knight has denied the allegations of improper trading, saying that a review had found no merit behind them. Tuesday, Knight officials also stressed that they are cooperating with regulators and are passing along information on a voluntary basis.
The fact that the SEC inquiry is a formal investigation "doesn't change the dialogue" between Knight and regulators, said Knight Chief Executive Thomas Joyce. Knight made the disclosure in an attempt "to add transparency" on the company, Mr. Joyce said.