IMC Financial Markets

Electronic trading platform
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  • Rob Defares
  • René Schelvis
HeadquartersAmsterdam, Chicago, Sydney and Mumbai
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Rob Defares (CEO and chairman)[1]: 34 ProductsHigh-frequency trading, Market making
Operating income
Increase €1.562 billion[1]: 5  (2022)
Net income
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. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ a b 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.

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