Financial Football 2011 (updated)
Some traditions are worth keeping, and the financial football tournament is one of them. Saturday the 28th of May the Financial Football tournament will be held for the eight time. Just like last couple of years in Abcoude, playing outdoor with seven-a-side on a half-lenght pitch and a great BBQ afterwards. And indoor soccer rules, so leave your Nigel de Jong-tackles at home.
Tournament was formerly known as the All Options Football Tournament – but due heavy times for Allard and his traders they have withdrawn from sponsoring. Hope they will send a team anyway – or maybe we’ll see former AO traders with their new firm MMX Trading on the pitch.The steady trading firm from the west side, Scrocca, has signed for sponsoring the tournament this year. Other sponsors remain unchanged (Eurex and KBC) and everything will be organized smoothly as usual by Ferry Boekholt (Bennington).
Tournament is open to all members of the Euronext and Eurex, the exchanges itself as well as regulators and all other groups trading derivatives or equities. Last year 18 teams participated and the title was won by 323 Trading, beating Caerus on penalties in the final. You can sign up over here and download read the brochure here (pdf).
Not placing any bets this time – but no firm has ever won the title twice yet. Here’s the list of past winners:
- 2010 – 323 Trading
- 2009 – KBC Bank
- 2008 – Eurex
- 2007 – Euronext
- 2006 – Market Wizards
- 2005 – Fortis
- 2004 – IMC
- 2003 – Optiver
Strange enough All Options isn’t sending a team this year – with the 100 employees left at least one team doesn’t sound too difficult. Other notable absent firms this year are last year’s winner 323, Flow Traders, Binck and ABN AMRO Clearing.
Unrelated short news : the departure of Randal Meijer as CEO of Optiver has been confirmed by Quote (nl). New guy in the boardroom is the unknown Eduardus Duijn – who has been capable of leaving no trace or whatsoever on the internet. Just pray he doesn’t burn his own garbage in the garden.
Rumour has it All Options traders will be hired for catering and serving drinks. An excellent opportunity to double their salaries this year.
Rumor has it several All Options traders will be very suited to this task since they have many years of experience doing this before getting a job through their friends as a junior trader……
Rumor has it most All Options traders are already practising all day long since at least that way they won’t lose money trading.
Rumour has it several All Options traders have been hired as referees. Bribes paid go towards a worth cause… making up the majority of the bonus pool.
Any concrete update on AO, how many traders fired, why are they no longer PMM on AEX and anything else relevant ?
Ex all options guys have started a new company called MMX trading
more color anyone ?
Eduardus. Ehm… Eduard dus? First name Markus Vanderdus?
Sounds like Ed Duijn / ABN
Eduardus is not from Islamabad area. He’s a good catholic.
@9:49 You mean BoNY
@12:42
Are you sure? On linkedin there is a banking consultant with this name working for ABN AMRO
can there be two of those in such close proximity of financial services in holland ?
I understand that senior management at Optiver are already discussing who should play, I guess they want to be the first guys to win it twice?
when opt*vr won is 2003, the captain was Chriss
Chris and Randal were their best players. They have no chance now.
Optiver are more into cricket anyway.
Their best players will play for someone else now.
Optiver was associate sponsor for dutch cricket team in 2011 world cup
http://www.cricketworld.com/further-sponsors-come-on-board-for-netherlands/26934.htm
‘Rashid Shah of Optiver expressed his delight at the partnership saying, “We have been long time supporters of Cricket in the Netherlands at previous ICC World Events and once again we are looking forward to being associated with the team in Asia as well as featured back here in our home country which is a true reflection of our worldwide brand.”‘
No surprises there,
does rashd play cricket ?
no he just does the part of supporting,
when you had listened to the optiver tapes you would have known why they are into cricket 🙂
what was in those tapes ?
“…true reflection of our worldwide brand”!!!
What are they a drinks manufacturer or something??
This seems more like a vanity project for management than anything else.
They are dutch, they have got cash and there are lot of cricket players in the company, its not vanity,
You can “bully” better with a bat.
Hey Tom how do I get a pic nxt to my comments like you?
In those tapes they were discussing the sponsoring of the cricket team. According to them it was the cheapest way to advertise internationally ever.
if that’s the rationale, then nice trade
what do they need to advertise for ? they dont have clients really, they dont need to hire anymore indians, they are not public company, they dont need investors, they are not expanding geographically, typical stupid hubris behavior
Megalomania of a falling empire ?
thats the point, they are actually not a falling empire,
raj rajaratnam found guilty on all 14 charges. Who is next ?
why did Randal get sacked then??
Because he was sackable!
never too many indians
It is said that 323 won’t defend their title, anyone?
no one from 323 posts .. its a lost cause ..
U mean 323 or any reaction
come on 323, someone ?
nobody at 323 is allowed by eelco to visit this website
jan left the building and censorship is applied 🙂
bunch of dutch pussies .. with censorship and non compete .. come on its amsterdam .. i thought that was the whole point of the place ..