A week of news linked to QIS, gold and semiconductors

Dutch market maker   Optiver   has   appointed   former   banking   senior executive   Arnaud Heckenroth   as head of exotics business development,   to continue   expand ing   its global exotics franchise .    Based in London,   Heckenroth   spent over 13 years at   Barclays, most recently as managing director and global head of equity exotics and hybrids structuring. The appointment follows   Optiver's