Optiver
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| Private | |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Johann Kaemingk |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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Key people
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Paul Hilgers (CEO) |
| Products | Securities trading |
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Number of employees
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913 (2015) |
| Website | optiver |
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". Optiver was founded in 1986 by Johann Kaemingk and has offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. In 2012, it was fined 14 million USD for manipulating oil prices. In 2016, it was identified as part of a consortium to build a faster data transmission network between Chicago and Tokyo.
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