IMC Financial Markets
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| IMC Trading | |
| Private | |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Robert Defares |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Zug |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Robert Defares Wiet Pot[1] |
| Products | high frequency electronic trading, Market making |
Number of employees | 600 (2013) |
| Website |
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IMC Financial Markets, sometimes referred to as IMC Trading, is one of the world’s most active proprietary trading firms and a key market maker in various products listed on exchanges throughout the world.[1] Founded in 1989,[2] as International Marketmakers Combination, The IMC Group is a global financial organization, made up of two different divisions with trading operations that operate independently of one another IMC Financial Markets and IMC Asset Management. The company employs over 600 people and has offices located in Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Zug.
IMC Trading
The IMC Financial Markets Group is a market maker active in over 90 exchanges throughout the world and offering liquidity to over 200,000 securities through. IMC makes markets in the major exchange traded instruments – equities, bonds, commodities and currencies, on 100 exchanges worldwide and a significant liquidity provider on the NYSE Arca, NASDAQ, CBOE, BATS, CME Group, and ICE exchange among others. As a market maker, IMC is one of many companies that helps to increase liquidity and help to make markets more efficient. A liquid market is one that allows investors to buy or sell securities at any time, in a normal size, and get an instantaneous execution.
Becoming a Designated Market Maker
In May 2014, IMC Financial Markets agreed to purchase rights to become a Designated Market Maker from Goldman Sachs.[3] The agreement will allow IMC to operate as a designated market maker in over 600 stocks on the NYSE and to expand its ability to offer liquidity to the market.
References
External links
- IMC Trading (company website)