Short post on something very relevant. KBC Clearing will be shutting down operations. It didn’t come as a big surprise. They lost critical mass. Their major market maker clients went bankrupt (Van der Moolen), vanished (All Options) or left (Scrocca). The Belgian mother KBC Bank decided to call it quits after 16 years. A sadRead more
IMC has won the title of the Financial Football tournament, after beating KBC Bank on penalties in the final. IMC is the first team ever to win the tournament for the second time in history. Back in 2005 they won the tournament for the first time, which was then still an indoor game. Sponsored byRead more
Between the champions league final and the world cup in South Africa lies another major football event. This saturday, the 29th of May, the annual All Options Football Tournament will be held again. All Options definitely deserves a lot of brownie points for organizing this tournament again, in cooperation with Eurex, KBC Clearing and Bennington.Read more
Most interesting market rumours leave room for a lot of imagination, but won’t fill an entire post – decided to mix everything together. AFS verus Phanos The board of the most prominent Dutch broker has been sacked by the main shareholder. FC Utrecht’s shirt sponsor and real estate company Phanos decided to get rid ofRead more
