The rest of the news is a mystery. Allard Jakobs would explain a brand new vision for the future of All Options last monday. However, he cancelled it. Bad luck for the journalist who’s left with puzzled questions. Why would a privately held firm share their strategy with the press? And what made Allard cancel his speech? Wouldn’t really feel comfortable working for All Options.
update:
We have light. Scroll down in the comments for both internal memo’s. The core point comes down to cutting costs and staff. Centralize all Amsterdam offices, trading platforms and software. Shut down Hong Kong office, quit losing products altogether and scale down broker flow. Halt grassroots efforts like algo and energy trading. The PMM licenses in difficult classes? Euronext can keep ‘m.