IMC Trading
IMC Trading
TypePrivate
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1989 (1989)
Founders
  • Rob Defares
  • René Schelvis
HeadquartersAmsterdam, Chicago, and Sydney
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Rob Defares (CEO and chairman)[1]: 34 
ProductsHigh-frequency trading, Market making
Increase €1.562 billion[1]: 5  (2022)
Increase €506 million[1]: 5  (2022)
Total equityIncrease €1.141 billion[1]: 5  (2022)
Number of employees
1,300[1]: 19  (2022)
Websiteimc.com

IMC Financial Markets, sometimes referred to as IMC Trading, is a proprietary trading firm and market maker for various financial instruments listed on exchanges throughout the world.[2] Founded in 1989[3] as International Market makers Combination, the company employs over 1100 people and has offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, Hong Kong, Mumbai and other places.

History

IMC was founded in 1989[4] by Rob Defares[1]: 34 [5] and René Schelvis,[5][6] two traders working on the floor of the Amsterdam Equity Options Exchange.

In 2008, Wiet Pot joined as co-CEO alongside Defares.[7] Pot left the board in September 2017, leaving Defares as sole CEO.[8]

Trading

IMC is a technology-driven trading firm active in over 100 trading venues throughout the world and offering liquidity to over 200,000 securities. IMC makes markets in the major exchange-traded instruments – equities, bonds, commodities, and currencies – on 100 exchanges worldwide and is a significant liquidity provider on the NYSE Arca, NASDAQ, CBOE, BATS, and CME exchanges.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IMC Trading (March 2023). "IMC Annual Report 2022". IMC. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Reuters
  3. ↑ "IMC - MarketsWiki, A Commonwealth of Market Knowledge".
  4. ↑ "About us". IMC. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2023. IMC was founded in 1989 by two traders working on the floor of the Amsterdam Equity Options Exchange.
  5. 1 2 Mosselman, Maarten (9 June 2010). "IMC founder Schelvis buys a new car". Amsterdamtrader. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Homepage". Surmount Ventures. 2020. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023. Rene Schelvis: ... Co-Founder of IMC
  7. ↑ "Wiet Pot Joins IMC As Co-CEO - Global Custodian". Global Custodian. 31 March 2008. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Robert Defares". Forbes. 3 June 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023. Defares is now the sole CEO of IMC after former Co-CEO Wiet H.M. Pot. left the board in September 2017.
  • IMC (company website)
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