The Dutch watchdog for financial markets, the AFM, strikes again. Accent Grave has been fined for manipulating the market in the penny stock NedSense in August 2010. Daytrading shop Accent Grave earned EUR 1900 with “pump and dump” trades, and are fined with EUR 50.000. Changing last traded In short, the trader bought 18k of these sharesRead more
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
It has been a while since the VEB and insurer ASR launched a quest for the location of Richard den Drijver, his companion Hans Kroon and McNally. The liquidators of Van der Moolen finally join in (link – nl). Both Richard den D. and Hans K. are told a court case against them will kickRead more
The folks at IMC Financial Markets created a brand new videos, demonstrating how exciting it is to work for them. It’s no secret my most loyal readers belong to the ranks of the IMC management – it usually take them only a few minutes to spot IMC related comments here. ZwarteKip and me made closeRead more
The ink is barely dry on the settlement agreement with Optiver, and new trouble looms for Tibra. Rumor has it Tibra has got a problem with Getco, or KCG as it is called after the take over of Knight. It’s a listed company nowadays, KCG. Game changing hire In november 2012 two former executives fromRead more
