IMC Financial Markets

IMC Trading

Trade name	IMC Trading
Company type	Private
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1989; 36 years ago (1989)
Founders	Rob Defares René Schelvis
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney and Mumbai
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Rob Defares (CEO and chairman)[1]: 34
Products	High-frequency trading, Market making
Operating income	€1.562 billion[1]: 5  (2022)
Net income	€506 million[1]: 5  (2022)
Total equity	€1.141 billion[1]: 5  (2022)
Number of employees	1,300[1]: 19  (2022)
Website	imc.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 1500 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, 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.

External links

• IMC (company website)