Optiver partners with Georgetown University’s Psaros Center

Partnerships

Based in Washington, D.C., the Psaros Center is a leading academic initiative focused on advancing research, convening policymakers and financial industry leaders, and raising the quality of solutions-oriented discussion that impacts financial markets policy and practice.

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Optiver has joined the 

for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University as a corporate sponsor.

Through this strategic partnership, Optiver will contribute its practical expertise as one of the world’s leading electronic trading firms. The firm aims to help stimulate dialogue on how markets are built, how liquidity works and how technology is reshaping trading.

“This partnership is critical to advancing the quality of debate around financial markets,” said Liam Smith, Chief Strategy Officer at Optiver US. “We look forward to contributing our perspective to the Psaros Center’s mission to promote non-partisan financial market policy leadership. Together, we can help ensure markets remain fair, transparent and resilient in the face of change.”

“We’re delighted to welcome Optiver as a corporate sponsor of the Psaros Center. The collaboration strengthens our thought leadership and enhances our ability to shape financial market policies and practices,” said Dr. Reena Aggarwal, Director of the Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy. “Through our partnership, we aim to address rapidly evolving market structure issues, leveraging Optiver’s commitment to innovation to advance global markets, and enrich our work.”

Liam recently participated in the AI and Finance panel at the Psaros Center’s Financial Markets Quality (FMQ) Conference. Held annually, FMQ brings together policymakers, regulators, academics and industry peers to explore how to strengthen market structure for the benefit of all participants.

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About the Georgetown Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy

The Georgetown Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy is the preeminent destination for unbiased expertise at the intersection of finance and policy. The Psaros Center provides thought leadership and actively contributes to shaping global finance. Located in Washington D.C., we connect policymakers, industry leaders, and scholars through solutions-driven platforms.

About Optiver

Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam, with offices in London, Chicago, Austin, New York, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Mumbai. Established in 1986, today we are a leading liquidity provider, with close to 2,000 employees in offices around the world, united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world in various financial instruments we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital, at our own risk, trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign currencies.

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