Few months ago had a coffee with the director of a new movie about a Dutch rogue trader. As a graduation project of the filmacademie, the guys worked with limited budget. Everything is more or less finished, just some last editing left. The main thing still missing is a catchy title. There are some suggestions,Read more
There’s a new movie coming up about a rogue trader, not surprising after all those Adoboli’s and Kerviel’s last years. Even better, it’s a Dutch movie, not surprising with all the Dutch trading firms ruling the global markets (ok, just kidding). Had the opportunity to have a coffee with the guys behind “Onbeperkt” (“Unlimited”). TheirRead more
Around a week ago the latest auction of the Euronext liquidity provider schemes (ELPS) was held . The coming year the liquidity providers for liquid stock options like Royal Dutch, Mittal and Aegon and a dozen of small stocks have been selected. There hasn’t been much movement – didn’t notice anything particular at first glance.Read more
Gordon Gekko is one of the few fictional characters who made it into the serious finance textbooks. His speech for the Teldar Paper stockholders is epic. After two decades, Oliver Stone made his disappointing sequel. Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps. Something with green energy. Movies about trading are scarce, and in general have notRead more
