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Posts on: September 2009

Van der Moolen files for bankruptcy

194 comments / September 9, 2009

After some 500 negative comments on the earlier posts on the fall of Van der Moolen, this won’t really come as a big surprise. The company finally filed for bankruptcy Wednesday night. One day earlier the brokerage department (Aespen) escaped the burning house with a management buy-out. The press release noted that discussions on the transferRead more

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Optiver, also known as Dr. Evil

65 comments / September 6, 2009

With all the juicy news on the demise of Van der Moolen and its surrounding scandals, one tends to forget about the rest of the market. One of the major derivative trading firms in Amsterdam is receiving a lot of attention in the press lately. Optiver is depicted as a black sheep. While I wouldn’tRead more

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