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Lobby organisation

Optiver

Business / industry · Finance · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 10 September 2026, Optiver appears in 14 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

14
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
€800,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“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 more than 2,000 employees in offices around the world, united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and risk management.…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 14 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party643%
Renew Europe321%
Patriots for Europe214%
Socialists & Democrats214%
Greens/EFA17%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2026).

2021
1
2022
1
2023
0
2024
2
2025
4
2026
6

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Auke Zijlstra
2 meetings · PfE
Gilles Boyer
2 meetings · Renew
Dirk Gotink
2 meetings · EPP
Damian Boeselager
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
1 meeting · Renew

The 14 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Jul 2026Gilles BoyerECON - banking competitiveness
8 Jul 2026Damian BoeselagerMISP
7 Jul 2026Auke ZijlstraMarket Integration and supervision
7 Jul 2026Martine KempMiSP
23 Jun 2026Dirk GotinkMarket integration and financial regulation
26 May 2026Lara WoltersMarket infrastructure in the Netherlands
15 Oct 2025Sirpa PietikäinenEU financial policy
27 Jun 2025Dirk GotinkCapital markets
23 May 2025Fernando Navarrete RojasSIU
20 Mar 2025Auke ZijlstraEuropean Capital Markets and SIU
26 Sep 2024Aura SallaIntroductory meeting, EUs competitiveness
11 Sep 2024Stéphanie Yon-CourtinCapital Markets Union
7 Sep 2022Gilles BoyerCRR3, IFR/IFD regime
11 Nov 2021Eero HeinäluomaAnti-Money Laundering

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