IMC Financial Markets

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.

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

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. 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. 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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