About us and our mission
Our story
Once upon a time, in the Netherlands in 1999, the company I worked for started the first online broker, Alex. Some years later, we were the market leader and BinckBank took us over. We realised, however, that we needed more than offering the best platform with the most advanced tools and information to make our clients better investors.
Therefore, we founded the Academy together with the University of Maastricht. Having a Chair at this University, our goal was to study the behaviour of our client base. There are bookcases and libraries filled with good books about investing. But, possibly none of them is about the Investor him- or herself.
Our goal
Academy for Investors' goal is to empower all private or professional investors to become better investors. More institutes might claim they have this goal for their clients. However, you need to have personally trained and coached thousands of investors to know how to best explain. We see the mistakes beginners make and the opportunities they miss. We know from experience what makes a good trader and what it takes to become a better investor.
Our combined experience of 60 years working with private investors forms the basis of these courses. The teachers of this course and myself have gained experience working for over 20 years at the industry-leading BinckBank and Saxo Bank. Become a better investor and enjoy the journey!
Kaspar Huijsman
Founder Academy for Investors
CEO of regulated broker Hugo Investing
Former CEO Saxo Bank & BinckBank Spain
LinkedIn Kaspar Huijsman
Our team
Martin Totté
Ver a los inversores crecer y alcanzar sus objetivos financieros me emociona y me recuerda mi misión. Cada persona es diferente, pero la mayoría de los inversores cometen muchos de los mismos errores. Es una gran sensación cuando puedes ayudarles a no cometer esos errores.
Kaspar Huijsman
Después de haber formado a miles de inversores a lo largo de los años, he aprendido mucho sobre la curva de aprendizaje que necesitamos para ser mejores inversores. Mi misión es poner esto en práctica durante mi trabajo diario.
Taco te Gussinklo
Una ventaja de tener mucha experiencia son los muchos ciclos que he presenciado en los mercados de valores. Algunos buenos, otros malos, algunos muy malos. El truco es estar preparado para los buenos y los malos tiempos. Mi misión es llevar a mis alumnos de la mano y guiarlos para que se conviertan en mejores inversores.
Femke Eliza Utrecht
Lo que realmente aprecio de mi trabajo es trabajar con inversores y operadores internacionales de todo el mundo, cada uno con su propia experiencia y motivación para ser un mejor inversor. Al fin y al cabo, nuestra misión es hacer que nuestros alumnos se conviertan en mejores inversores.
Eloy Sanchez
It’s a real pleasure working with the Academy team. Besides being great investors the teachers they are all really passionate about investing and teaching for perfection in general. Going through all the lessons I believe they have been able to channel their knowledge into a way to making any sort of investor into a successful investor. Having recently completed my studies at the University of Malaga I noticed how rewarding it is to keep on learning.
Liam van As
What I most enjoy when I am working on the technical aspects of these courses is that I am literally learning on the job to also become an investor! I have learnt so much myself about the ins and out of financial instruments from basically doing all the editing of the videos. Watching the courses over and over improving the user friendliness of the platform, which is my favorite part, has allowed me to grow my knowledge tremendously.