I guess you may remember the interesting documentary about close of the open outcry trading in Amsterdam, zooming in on a few traders. Unfortunately without English subtitles, due to lack of budget according to filmmaker Edwin Trommelen. He says hi from Kyrgyzstan. Subtitles would be 2000 euros. Still possible. Pit culture Even without subtitles, someone happyRead more
Maven entered the building in September 2011. The London based firm was founded by former traders from two known market makers. Some came from Optiver directly (Ivan Koedjikov), others have spent some time at Tibra before leaving for Maven (Ben Huda, Ian Toon). It’s a small world, and as far as I can see it’s aRead more
This morning the Financieele Dagblad brought the frontpage news of Binck firing most of their risk managers. Five out of eight risk managers were shown the door, including the head of the department. They have allegedly broken some risk rules. Some of them have been working for the firm for over a decade ; that’sRead more
Short commercial break from our bargain basement. As good as new, second hand domain name for sale. Curvalue.nl is put up for sale at eBay. Somehow a former IT manager at Van der Moolen managed to leave the sinking ship with a domain name in his pocket. And an ugly piece of piece of porcelain.Read more
This Thursday in the stores in the country, the Dutch rich list Quote 500 edition 2012 is out again. The millionaires from the trading floor have my very special attention – and I’m glad to say there’s something new to share apart from the usual suspects. Beside the top 500, the Quote research team hasRead more
