JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE Euronext: KCG) today announced that Hotspot FX was named Best Trading Platform for Hedge Funds among non-bank providers by Profit & Loss magazine in its voter-driven 2011 Readers' Choice Digital Markets Awards.

"We are honored that the readers of Profit & Loss magazine selected Hotspot FX as the 'Best Trading Platform for Hedge Funds' among non-banks this year," said John Miesner, Managing Director and Head of Global Sales for Hotspot FX. "We believe that this award is a reflection of the hard work and determination we have exhibited in creating a diverse and robust FX marketplace for buy and sell side alike. As the first FX ECN aimed at the institutional market, Hotspot has remained focused on ensuring that the institutional and hedge fund community has a marketplace where it can trade on equal footing with all other market participants in an anonymous, fast and fair environment."

For the fourth consecutive year, Profit & Loss opened its website in April and May for readers to vote for the best bank, broker and service providers across 14 key categories. This year, more than 10,000 votes were registered making it the largest response to date for the awards. Profit & Loss will list the award winners in its July/August issue.

Hotspot FX experienced record volumes in May 2011. Average daily volume reached $67.8 billion in May, up 25% from the previous month, with total volume of $1.49 trillion and the largest single-day volume record of $105.4 billion on May 5.

Hotspot FX LLC is a subsidiary of Knight Capital Group, Inc. Hotspot FX in Europe is a division of Knight Capital Europe Limited.

About Knight

Knight Capital Group (NYSE Euronext: KCG) is a global financial services firm that provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including buy- and sell-side firms and corporations. Knight is headquartered in Jersey City, N.J. with a growing global presence across the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. For further information about Knight, please visit http://www.knight.com.

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