Posts Tagged ‘TOM

Interesting interview with The Order Machine’s CEO Willem Meijer this weekend in Het Parool. Although this newspaper is focused on Amsterdam, interviews like this would usually be published in Het Financiele Dagblad. Anyway, Meijer – with a new rebel look – has got something to say. Things are going fine with TOM. The market share [...]

Didn’t arrive as a surprise. Euronext Liffe sues The Order Machine (TOM) for trademark infringements with respect to the options introduced on the AEX index. Euronext is the owner of the AEX index, and doesn’t allow other exchanges to introduce derivatives with AEX as underlying value. As of January 2013 the index options on AEX [...]

ICE buys NYSE

20 Dec 2012

Love is all around us this December. Getco buys Knight. NASDAQ buys TOM. Afraid to be alone with Christmas, ICE responds with buying NYSE Euronext. Well, they aren’t really after Euronext nor NYSE : the derivative trading business Liffe is the crown jewel. Time flies. Back in 2000 Euronext was formed with the merger of [...]

While I was still fact checking TOM’s claim over 20% of the option executions find a better price than Euronext Liffe – something bigger is released. Willem MeijerĀ found a better price for TOM itself. The NASDAQ OMX buys a stake of 25% in TOM with an option to expand its stake to 50,1% (press release). [...]

TOM and the play offs

24 Oct 2012

A small victory for The Order Machine / TOM. Conform all expectations, NYSE Euronext is forced to allow TOM as a member on their derivative exchange. Even Euronext saw the rain coming, and agreed to accept TOM as a member of the exchange. Didn’t even bother to wait for the court. The expensive legal procedures [...]


  • London Gregoire: Meijer shouldn't shave until TOM overtakes Euronext in the dutch options [...]
  • TOM to expand in Europe - amsterdamtrader: [...] Euronext sues TOM on AEX Options [...] [...]
  • Aad: Same shit over here. And really, we have al the specs to be fast enough. [...]
  • ghostrider: truely tragic. condolences. [...]
  • vikr: Hats off to RoCo. [...]
  • VdM: Allmost on the same day another well known person from the trading community in Amsterdam passed awa [...]
  • NRC: Advertisements in newspaper NRC: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/uwbjka8dgg26exh/20130406_NH_selectie_2_12. [...]
  • anonymous: Agreed [...]
  • anonymous: let's go to IMC since they pay good bonuses there [...]
  • anonymous: Tibra is not doing well, and when the CFO, who knows everything about their finances, leaves this i [...]

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