A few days without a major football match, starting to miss it. But there’s good news, as end of August the 11th edition of the Financial Football Tournament will be held in Abcoude. Save the date, August 30th. Everything will be smoothly organized by Ferry Boekholt as usual. BBQ, kindergarten, good weather- Bennington takes careRead more
Last year has been a profitable year for Optiver. CEO Paul Hilgers, who took over the helm six months ago, reported a profit of € 174 million over 2013. That’s 23% more compared with previous year. Trading revenue was up 26% to an impressive € 466 million. The expenses were up a few million as itRead more
The firm Van der Moolen went bankrupt half a decade ago, but it isn’t over yet for Richard den Drijver and crime Hans Kroon. Several investors are still trying to recover some of their losses. Usually, the board members are protected by a company insurance policy. After all, nobody wants to be at the helmRead more
Euronext shares will float today after the IPO has been priced towards the low end of the range. It’s also the third friday of the month with a lot of futures and options expiring. A lot, but also a lot less compared with earlier years. The shrinking turnover is one painful development for the exchange.Read more
Last month TOM released their own Dutch market index NL20. Nice for the regular newspapers who have another press release to copy-paste, and some goodies for the rest of the market. Orange sunglasses. Truth is nobody cares about any new market index, as long as it can’t be traded. See for another irrelevant index the Telegraaf’sRead more
