Small news on the transfer season in the trading business. People trading jobs and houses. Big houses in Amsterdam and Chicago. Willem Meijer to step down as ceo TOM The tall and likable Willem Meijer announced to step down as CEO of The Order Machine, TOM. He was behind the wheel for almost seven years.Read more
Following the IPO of Flow Traders last year, quite a few people have left the company. The younger generation is chained with golden handcuffs to the firm. The veteran staff, who were around when Roger Hodenius launched his firm, are free to go. They didn’t sign up for buying discounted shares at the IPO. They areRead more
ABN AMRO Clearing Bank is a household name in the trading industry. For trading firms, it clears 2.4 billion trades a year, on 90 exchanges. It’s the largest clearing bank in Europe. In fields as small sized market makers the bank has a monopoly. They would ditch the small clients if they could. In the world, ABNRead more
Both Virtu and Flow Traders had their IPO in the last year. On May 4th both of them released disappointing first quarter earnings. Turbulent markets are good for traders. One could expect these stocks to be stable. When markets plunge, they should be fine. When markets soar, a rising tide lifting all boats. But itRead more
In the fight for the most talented traders and developers, Flow Traders made a surprising move. From now on, Flow Traders wants to be compared with the Lidl. The discount supermarket. Have to admit I never visited a Lidl store. Maybe there’s something very attractive about working there. Recruitment portrait
