Flow Traders
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | , Netherlands |
Key people | Dennis Dijkstra (CEO) |
| Products | Securities trading |
Number of employees | 554 (2020) |
| Website | flowtraders |
Flow Traders is a leading global market maker and proprietary trading firm. It provides liquidity in the securities market by using high frequency and quantitative trading strategies.[1] It was founded in 2004 by Jan van Kuijk and Roger Hodenius, former partners at Optiver.[2]
Activities
Flow Traders continuously quotes bid and ask prices for Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), options, fixed income products, currencies.[3] In 2019, Flow Traders announced that it would also begin trading cryptocurrencies.[4] Originally founded in Amsterdam, Flow currently has offices in New York, London, Milan, Cluj, and Hong Kong.[5] One of the world's largest ETP market makers, it provides liquidity for more than 13,000 ETP listings across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.[6] It is Europe's largest ETF market maker.[7]
IPO
The company filed for an initial public offering on Euronext Amsterdam on 10 July 2015. The shares were placed at a price of €32 each, or approximately €1.5 billion in total. Flow Traders floated up to 40% of the company.[8]
References
- ^ "Virtu Financial, Flow Traders rise in volatile trade". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Trading firm Flow Traders to seek listing". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Banks and fund managers come back for another bite at bitcoin". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Bitcoin's second coming makes Wall Street think again on crypto". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Dutch Speed Trader Is Taking on Citadel in U.S. ETF Market". Bloomberg.com. 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ SEC. "Flow Traders U.s. Llc 2020 Annual Report X-17A-5". SEC.report. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ Hadfield, Will. "Europe's biggest ETF trader reports blowout profits on Covid market volatility". www.fnlondon.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ Bray, Chad (2015-06-30). "Flow Traders I.P.O. Could Value Dutch Firm at Up to $1.9 Billion (Published 2015)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
External links
Category:Companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam Category:Companies of the Netherlands