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Optiver Moves to New Sydney Office In Search of Trading Edge

Optiver Moves to New Sydney Office In Search of Trading Edge

Bloomberg5 days ago
Optiver, part of a coterie of high-speed trading firms benefiting from a booming market-making industry, shifted the final batch of its 460-strong local staff into a five-floor glossy Sydney office on Monday.
The firm, founded in Amsterdam by trader Johann Kaemingk, is expanding its capabilities in artificial intelligence and machine learning to sharpen trading strategies, said Darcy Harding, the company's co-head of index options.
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