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In the race to build giant communications masts in coastal Kent, two of America's high-frequency trading firms are trying to derail a rival.
Montreal-based trading group Vigilant Global, owned by DRW Trading, and New Line Networks, owned by Jump Trading and KCG Holdings, both want to build radio masts in Richborough in Kent.