Soaring revenues add shine to Dutch HFT

Flow Traders, which is expected to be put up for sale, showed that its revenues nearly doubled last year at its Dutch office

Friday 15 June 2012 at 17:00

A Dutch high-frequency trading firm – which is expected to be put up for sale following a strategic review – reported a near-doubling of revenues in its Amsterdam office last year.

Flow Traders BV reported a 97% increase in trading revenues to €112.4m in the 12 months ended 31 December 2011, according to accounts filed with the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce. Pre-tax profits increased from €6m to €38.3m.