The folks at IMC Financial Markets created a brand new videos, demonstrating how exciting it is to work for them. It’s no secret my most loyal readers belong to the ranks of the IMC management – it usually take them only a few minutes to spot IMC related comments here. ZwarteKip and me made closeRead more
Last year’s profits at IMC Financial Markets have been 78 million, roughly half of the results over 2011 (162 million). Trading revenue was down to 342 million from 470. Nevertheless Rob Defares was happy with the results. According to him the markets are getting more professional with less margins, but with new technological investments theirRead more
There’s a new interesting rich list in our favorite magazine Quote. Even better than the usual Quote 500 list – with most “traders” being investors at the right time and place. Early founders in Optiver and IMC. The new list was published in the May June edition, and is a ranking of self made millionaires underRead more
The country turned orange this week with our new king. Not much too add, but reading the Economist today on the Dutch Fleet in electronic trading. Briefly mentioned the history of the Dutch exchange and the three most prominent Dutch trading firms. Not the latest edition, but from April 20. Here’s the link. For marketRead more
Didn’t arrive as a surprise. Euronext Liffe sues The Order Machine (TOM) for trademark infringements with respect to the options introduced on the AEX index. Euronext is the owner of the AEX index, and doesn’t allow other exchanges to introduce derivatives with AEX as underlying value. As of January 2013 the index options on AEXRead more
