This weekend the website is undergoing some serious technical update – downtime is expected. Couldn’t imagine a better weekend to have it done, as the vast majority is at the beach or under way to the World Cup final. Speaking of the World Cup, a dozen of Dutch traders from remote areas as Hong Kong,Read more
IMC’s trading business is growing rapidly down under. It has taken the zero sum game of derivative trading to a distinct higher level. The company has been buying derivatives from itself in six months in 2007. Agreed, at times it’s useful to mark the last traded price in your favour so it looks your bigRead more
Rene Schelvis just bought a brand new car, quotenet (nl) reports. Together with Rob Defares he has founded IMC back in the old days of the open outcry trading. Schelvis was known for being the cautious one, whereas Defares had more appetite for risk. Schelvis sold his 30% stake in IMC to Wiet Pot inRead more
Between the champions league final and the world cup in South Africa lies another major football event. This saturday, the 29th of May, the annual All Options Football Tournament will be held again. All Options definitely deserves a lot of brownie points for organizing this tournament again, in cooperation with Eurex, KBC Clearing and Bennington.Read more
Independent Wholesale Brokerage was formerly known as Oyens & Van Eeghen brokerage, but among traders it has always been known als IWB. Completely unknown by the outside world, this firm is arranging trades between profesional clients and market makers with the use of voice brokerage : talking all day to market makers and trading desksRead more
