Virtu Financial agrees to acquire KCG Holdings to create the leading global electronic market making and agency execution firm. The $1.4 billion all-cash acquisition will combine Virtu's extensive liquidity and order routing capabilities with KCG's wholesale market making and independent agency execution franchises. The acquisition is expected to generate over $208 million in annual cost savings and provide both companies' clients with new opportunities for trading across multiple asset classes and geographies. The transaction is anticipated to close in the third quarter of 2017 pending regulatory approvals.