Optiver
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| Private | |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Johann Kaemingk |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Key people | Paul Hilgers (CEO) |
| Products | Securities trading |
Number of employees | 913[1] (2015) |
| Website |
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Optiver is a multinational proprietary securities trading firm, which focuses on market making activities and positional trading. Its name derives from the Dutch optie verhandelaar, or "option trader".[2] Optiver was founded in 1986 by Johann Kaemingk and has offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.[2] In 2012, it was fined 14 million USD for manipulating oil prices.[3] In 2016, it was identified as part of a consortium to build a faster data transmission network between Chicago and Tokyo.[4]
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Notes and references
- ↑ "Optiver posts solid increase in net profit in 2015". 25 May 2016.
- 1 2 Detrixhe, John; Jong, David De; David, Ruth (18 June 2015). "HFT Powerhouse Amsterdam Glimpsed Through Speed-Trader IPO" – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ↑ "High-frequency trader Optiver pays $14 million in oil manipulation case". 20 April 2017 – via Reuters.
- ↑ BrianRLouis, Brian Louis (11 November 2016). "Traders Plan Supercharged Chicago-to-Tokyo Network" – via www.bloomberg.com.
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