This very professional logo with the green circles will not encounter a lot of recognition among the members of the Amsterdam derivative trading society. It belongs to the APT (we can read, yes). APT stands for the Association of Proprietary Traders, but it’s not very clear what they’re doing. The APT is the successorRead more
Binck and Optiver announced the introduction of their joint venture a week ago. Actually, both companies didn’t want to burn their fingers on this apparently legal deal to corner the market.They decided to hire a professional in selling the impossible message. Enter the public relations firm Carl Byoir & Associates. When you need an externalRead more
The largest Dutch online bank Binck announced a joint-venture with market maker Optiver. All orderflow of it’s retail customers will flow directly into the books of Optiver. It will start with stocks, but the goal is to expand the operation to derivatives as well. The plans were known before, but now it seems it willRead more
Comments on posts on websites are highly appreciated. Mostly short views and opinions on other market makers and trading in general, it’s fun to read and now and then carry valuable clues of how trading firms are doing. Yesterday evening a comment was written on the proposed deal between market maker Optiver and broker Binck.Read more
In June 2008 the Dutch option powerhouse Optiver announced to team up with the biggest Dutch retail broker Binck to create their own marketplace. Retail clients of the broker would do all their option trading against Optiver, under the assumption of equal option quotes. Within the ruling of the MiFiD, the European markets directive, thisRead more
