Trading

High-speed traders Optiver and Virtu back EU trading venue

Dutch trading firm Optiver becomes an investor in German-owned trading venue after signing a liquidity deal last year

Optiver, the Dutch trading firm, and US rival Virtu have backed Equiduct in a funding round designed to support the EU trading venue’s expansion.

Equiduct said in a June 27 statement that it has raised €3.25m from investors including Börse Berlin and Jos Peeters, the investor who helped to start Easdaq, a predecessor firm to the trading venue.

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