{{Infobox company
, name = Fimat
, logo = FimatTagline.jpg
, logo_size = 180px
, type = Subsidiary
, company_slogan =
, foundation = June 1986,
, location =
Paris
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,
France
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, key_people = Patrice Blanc (
Chairman
The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...
) François Bloch ( CEO Fimat Banque)
, num_employees = 1900
, parent =
Société Générale
Société Générale S.A. (), colloquially known in English as SocGen (), is a French-based multinational financial services company founded in 1864, registered in downtown Paris and headquartered nearby in La Défense.
Société Générale ...
, industry =
Finance
Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...
, products =
Financial services
Financial services are the Service (economics), economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money, including credit unions, banks, credit-card companies, insurance companies, acco ...
, homepage www.fimat.com
Fimat is part of Société Générale Group, and is a subsidiary of Société Générale Securities Services. Fimat Group consists of more than 1,900 staff in 26 market places and is a member of 44 derivatives exchanges and 19 stock exchanges worldwide. In 2006, Fimat achieved a global market share of 6.5% on major derivatives exchanges on which Fimat and its subsidiaries are a member.
Fimat refers to all companies or divisions of companies owned directly or indirectly by Société Générale that include the ''Fimat'' name. Only Fimat USA, LLC. and Fimat Preferred is a member of the NASD (National Association of Securities Dealers) and SIPC (Securities Investors Protection Corporation). Fimat International Banque S.A. (UK Branch) is a member of the LSE and does not deal with, or for Private Customers (as defined by the Financial Services Authority). Fimat International Banque SA (Frankfurt Branch) only conducts business with market professionals and
institutional customers
Institutional customers is a term used in the financial services industry to differentiate retail customers and corporate customers from other financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies
Insurance is a means of protection fr ...
. Only Fimat Canada Inc. is a member of the CIPF. Not all services are available from all Fimat organizations.
In January 2008, Fimat merged with the futures brokerage unit of Calyon,
Crédit Agricole
Crédit Agricole Group (), sometimes called La banque verte ( en, The green bank) due to its historical ties to farming, is a French international banking group and the world's largest cooperative financial institution. It is France's second lar ...
's investment bank, to create
Newedge
Newedge Group is a global multi-asset brokerage that was formed in 2008 from the merger of Fimat and Calyon Financial, the brokerage arms of French financial companies Société Générale and Credit Agricole, respectively. It offers execution, cl ...
.
See also
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Commodity markets
A commodity market is a market that trades in the primary economic sector rather than manufactured products, such as cocoa, fruit and sugar. Hard commodities are mined, such as gold and oil. Futures contracts are the oldest way of investing ...