Thomas M. Merritt
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Thomas M.
Merritt is Senior Managing Director, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Knight Capital Group, Inc. Mr. Merritt was Interim General Counsel of Knight Capital Group from August 2004 to January 2005.
He joined Knight Capital Group in June 2000.
From December 1996 to June 2000, he was an Enforcement Attorney of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and an Assistant Chief Counsel.
Mr. Merritt was an Assistant County Attorney in Suffolk County.
He received a BS degree in Business Administration in 1986 from State University of New York and a JD from the Hofstra University School of Law in 1989.
Former positions of Thomas M. Merritt
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. engages in the provision of securities regulation, complementary compliance, and technology-based services. Its services include writing and enforcing rules governing the activities of securities firms with brokers, examining firms for compliance with those rules, fostering market transparency, and educating investors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/05/2000 |
Knight Capital Group, Inc.
 Knight Capital Group, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Knight Capital Group, Inc. is a global financial services firm, which provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including buy and sell side firms, dealers, brokers, institutions, and corporations. It operates business through four segments: Market Making, Institutional Sales and Trading, Electronic Execution Services and Corporate and Other. The Market Making segment consists of market making in global equities and listed domestic options. It includes client, and to a lesser extent, non-client electronic market making activities in which they operate as a market maker in equity securities. The Institutional Sales and Trading segment includes global equity, exchange traded funds and fixed income sales and trading; reverse mortgage origination and securitization; capital markets; and asset management activities. Its business consists of execution and facilitation equities and fixed income transactions as agent on behalf of institutional clients, and they commit capital on behalf of its clients when needed. The Electronic Execution Services segment offers access via its electronic agency-based platforms to markets and self-directed trading in equities, equity options, fixed income, foreign exchange and futures contracts. The Corporate and Other segment invests in strategic financial services-oriented opportunities, allocates, deploys and monitors all capital, and maintains corporate overhead expenses and all other income and expenses that are not attributable to the other segments. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ. | Corporate Secretary | - |
Training of Thomas M. Merritt
| State University of New York at Albany | Undergraduate Degree |
| Hofstra University | Graduate Degree |
Experiences
Positions held
Linked companies
| Private companies | 2 |
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Knight Capital Group, Inc.
Knight Capital Group, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Knight Capital Group, Inc. is a global financial services firm, which provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including buy and sell side firms, dealers, brokers, institutions, and corporations. It operates business through four segments: Market Making, Institutional Sales and Trading, Electronic Execution Services and Corporate and Other. The Market Making segment consists of market making in global equities and listed domestic options. It includes client, and to a lesser extent, non-client electronic market making activities in which they operate as a market maker in equity securities. The Institutional Sales and Trading segment includes global equity, exchange traded funds and fixed income sales and trading; reverse mortgage origination and securitization; capital markets; and asset management activities. Its business consists of execution and facilitation equities and fixed income transactions as agent on behalf of institutional clients, and they commit capital on behalf of its clients when needed. The Electronic Execution Services segment offers access via its electronic agency-based platforms to markets and self-directed trading in equities, equity options, fixed income, foreign exchange and futures contracts. The Corporate and Other segment invests in strategic financial services-oriented opportunities, allocates, deploys and monitors all capital, and maintains corporate overhead expenses and all other income and expenses that are not attributable to the other segments. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ. | Finance |
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. engages in the provision of securities regulation, complementary compliance, and technology-based services. Its services include writing and enforcing rules governing the activities of securities firms with brokers, examining firms for compliance with those rules, fostering market transparency, and educating investors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Commercial Services |
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