capital markets proprietary trading market maker founded 2009 headquarters city of london united kingdom key people steve j. roberts ceo julian b. cowley coo phil glover director & senior energy trader joe hutchinson director james pepper head of trading services financial broker online trading futures options number of employees 150 slogan a market leader in energy futures and options website www.oakfutures.com oak futures or oak futures ltd are a proprietary trading and electronic market making firm based in city of london united kingdom . regional offices are located in sevenoaks kent bishops stortford hertfordshire and bromley kent . contents 1 oak futures ltd 1.1 history 1.2 description 1.3 office locations 1.4 operations 1.5 company images 2 charity work 3 references 4 external links oak futures ltd edit history edit oak futures ltd was formed in 2009 by steve j. roberts ceo and julian b. cowley coo . phil glover director and senior energy trader later joined to become part of the core management team and structure at oak futures ltd. the firm was founded in 2009 by steve j. roberts and julian b. cowley ; former international petroleum exchange traders in london . since the firms creation oak futures now has over 150 employees worldwide and is one of the largest energy focussed proprietary trading firms recognised by exchange traded volume in the city of london . description edit the firm s business areas incorporate proprietary trading and electronic market making and specializes in the trading of commodity futures and commodity options across multiple electronic exchanges including chicago mercantile exchange nymex intercontinentalexchange and nyse euronext . in total the firm has connectivity to over 70 global electronic futures exchanges through multiple trading platforms including those from trading technologies intercontinentalexchange stellar trading systems and cqg . the firm specialises in energy trading products predominantly brent crude oil west texas intermediate crude oil gas oil oman crude oil emissions and heating oil . office locations edit oak futures ltd headquarters is based in the city of london until december 2012 the firm was based at bishopsgate however as of january 2013 the firm is now based near london wall . the firm also has regional offices in sevenoaks kent & bishops stortford hertfordshire . the firm also reviewed opening an office in newcastle upon tyne in 2011 . 1 in may 2013 oak futures opened their 4th uk office location in bromley kent . operations edit the firm utilises ull ultra low latency feeds from multiple electronic exchanges located worldwide . these ull feeds power their trading technology applications providing dma direct market access coverage across the globe . all products and exchange connectivity is supported by a london based electronic trading support team . company images edit oak futures london office headquarters oak futures london office breakout area charity work edit oak futures ltd has worked very close with charitable organisations including futures for kids born to be beautiful and compassion . the firm also participates annually in movember raising significant amounts for cancer research . several traders from the london office participated in the 2012 futures for kids football tournament featuring companies such as deutsche boerse marex spectron and the lme which in total raised 2 600.00 for charity . 2 the firm also had a presence at the futures for kids poker evening in march 2011 which in total raised 13 000.00 for charity . 3 references edit london based firm oak futures to open newcastle branch . the journal . 2011 05 31 . retrieved 2011 05 31 . futures for kids news football tournament . ffk . 2012 03 21 . retrieved 2012 08 31 . futures for kids news poker night . ffk . 2011 03 15 . retrieved 2011 03 15 . external links edit official website oak futures twitter feed oak futures facebook page v t e hedge funds investment strategy arbitrage relative 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