Economic and Societal contribution of Proprietary Trading Firms in the Netherlands
Resilience of the Dutch economy
1233
FTEs on the payroll in the Netherlands (2019).
>257mln
Total volume in € of personal income tax and corporate tax from propriety trading firms based in the Netherlands (2019).
13
Propriety Trading Firms have come to the Netherlands because of Brexit (See: AFM Annual Report 2019), positioning Amsterdam as global financial center.
 
Dutch and EU Sustainability Goals
>16,2bln
Total value in € of actively traded ESG products by APT members (2019).
Propriety trading firms contribute to making the financial sector more sustainable by trading in a variety of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) products.
Our members have supported the launch of Euronext Eurozone ESG Large 80 Index Future.
 
Dutch and European capital markets
>50%
According to research by the Vrije Universiteit (2016) propriety trading firms have reduced transaction costs over the past 15 years with <50%.
"Trade has been in our blood, in particular securities trading. We should welcome and cherish more of such value-adding industry."
Prof. Dr. Albert J. Menkveld,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2020) Arrow
"Together with Dutch trading firms, we have made markets more accessible and transparent. This has significantly reduced the cost of trading, to the benefit of investors and pension holders in their daily lives."
Rutger Schellens,
CEO ABN AMRO Clearing Bank (2020) Arrow