Optiver is a worldwide trading firm, active on all major financial markets. While it’s originally a Dutch firm, the CEO is a German and the employees come from all over the world (40 nationalities, according to their latest annual report). Landing a job at Optiver isn’t easy. The mathematical tests are notorious. Optiver and FlowRead more
Luke McElnea was heralded as CEO at Optiver Asia Pacific, because he was coming from the IT. He succeeded Paul Hilgers as CEO of Optiver APAC in Sydney. Hilgers went to lead the Optiver group from the headquarters in Amsterdam. Milestone
Don’t mention the war. Euronext created country indices for Germany, Spain and Italy. Stock indices consisting of 30 stocks each. Developed these indices somewhere in the summer, but now the plan is to introduce derivatives on these indices. Futures and options on a competitor for the DAX. I don’t make this up. Plans will probablyRead more
Rob Defares and Wiet Pot, both at the helm of IMC Financial Markets, will make a great jump on the list of richest men in the country. Forget the traders with a few million, Defares and Pot are in another league. On the annual Quote 500 rich list of Dutch citizens, Defares used to beRead more
Optiver reported a record profit of € 246.9 million over 2014. This is better than the previous record from 2008 (€228 million) and once again they are the smartest kids in the room. They’ve beaten rival trading firms. Didn’t really come as a big surprise. Apart from an informed comment on this website, even tradersRead more
