Dutch firms Prudential Plaza and IMC are flourishing in Chicago's increasingly computerised trading sector, with both companies eyeing expansion. Prudential Plaza, which focuses on index and futures options trading, still sends traders to the city floor and is looking to hire more, despite the growing trend to digitisation, while IMC is also making the most of being based in the birthplace of futures and options derivatives.
Dutch firms Optiver and IMC are flourishing in Chicago's increasingly computerised trading sector, with both companies eyeing expansion. Optiver, which focuses on index and futures options trading, still sends traders to the city floor and is looking to hire more, despite the growing trend to digitisation, while IMC is also making the most of being based in the birthplace of futures and options derivatives.