Virtu Knight Capital Group LLC The Company provides electronic and voice access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes for buy-side, sell-side, and corporate clients. Virtu Knight Virtu in March made an unsolicited proposal to buy KCG for between $18.50 and $20 a share, valuing the group at more than $1.3bn. KCG was born out of the merger of Knight Capital and Getco, two pioneers of using computer technology for rapid-fire trading who joined forces in 2012 KCG Holdings (formerly Knight Capital Group) performs electronic and voice-activated trade execution services for US and foreign stocks, as well as futures, options, foreign exchange, and fixed income products. As the NYSE's largest market maker, KCG creates markets for more than 1,000 stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) traded on NYSE exchanges. Active in the US, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, the firm handles up to 20 million trades per day for brokerages, investment advisors