History
Foundation and early years
StoneX Group Inc. began as a door-to-door egg wholesaler that eventually grew into a butter and egg broker known as Saul Stone and Company. Saul Stone fled persecution in his homeland,IPO in 2007
In 2007, StoneX went public. The company acquired Chicago-based Downes-O’Neil LLC that same year. In 2008, StoneX acquired Globecot, Inc. and The Jernigan Group, LLC, a brokerage group that worked with global fiber and textile industries. In 2009, International Assets Holding Corporation (IAHC) and FCStone Group merged to become INTL FCStone (now StoneX Group Inc.). Diego Veitia, who also helped found the Costa Rica Stock Exchange, founded IAHC. Veitia served as a chairman with StoneX. The new company acquired Hanley Group Ltd in 2010, a provider of over-the-counter (OTC) products. It was combined with StoneX's existing OTC trade business. Further expansion happened with a transaction to purchase the futures operation of Miami-based Hencorp Group, Hencorp Futures. Hencorp Futures changed its name to INTL Hencorp Futures and expanded StoneX's trading commodities to include coffee, sugar, and cocoa.Acquisitions 2010 - 2018
In 2010, the company partnered with Decisive Farming. INTL provided the organization with Know-Risk, a marketing tool that helps farmers customize crop marketing plans based on price triggers and time triggers. The company reached an agreement with Hudson Capital Energy LLC (HCEnergy), a New York-based energy risk-management firm, in 2011. INTL's subsidiary, StoneX Group Inc. (previously FCStone LLC), took over HCEnergy's business and customers. This included HCEnergy's Swiss subsidiary, HCEnergy Europe GmbH. The transaction expanded StoneX Group Inc.’s energy risk portfolio to include greater capability in crude oil and refined products. In 2011, StoneX Group Inc. also saw the beginning of INTL’s CommodityNetwork. That year, INTL purchased online industry newsletter CoffeeNetwork from Hencorp Group. A year later, the company announced plans to expand network coverage into the four major commodities: metals, agriculture, energy and softs. It already had cotton and dairy news sites, Globecot News Network and eDairy. The company won the Forex Magnates’s industry award for best liquidity provider. In 2014, INTL’s subsidiary StoneX (previously INTL FCStone) acquired Sinclair and Company. Sinclair, an introducing broker, focused on dairy, grains and livestock markets. In 2015, INTL finalized a transaction to acquire G.X. Clarke & Co for about $27 million. G.X. was founded in 1979. It was registered with the SEC as an institutional dealer in fixed-income securities. In 2016, the company acquired Sterne Agee. The sale included Sterne Agee’s clearing business and RIA businesses. INTL purchased the company from Stifel, just over a year after Stifel bought Sterne Agee as part of a $150 million acquisition. In late January 2018, an agreement between INTL FCStone Financial, a subsidiary of StoneX Group Inc. (INTL FCStone at the time), and European platform Allfunds Bank went live. The agreement gave advisors using FCStone Financial access to thousands ofMetals and futures outside the US
StoneX first started working with London Metal Exchange (LME) in 2011, when it purchased MF Global Holding's metals unit. In August 2018, StoneX started developing an electronic trading platform for its LME clients, which would be similar to one created for INTL's precious metals clients called PMXecute. There is also PMXecute+, which connects consumers and suppliers of physical gold. In December 2018, StoneX announced that it would be acquiring GMP's US-based fixed-income trading business, formerly known as Miller Tabak Roberts Securities, LLC. In 2019 StoneX Group Inc. acquired the futures and options brokerage and clearing business of UOB Bullion and Futures imited inFarmers Commodities Corporation
Founded in 1978, the firm was known as the Farmers Commodities Corporation until 2002. StoneX Group Inc. (previously FCStone Group) provided integrated risk management services such as market intelligence and analysis to help commodity traders in industries like agriculture, renewable fuels, energy, food service, carbon credits, and forest products. In 2007, the company went public raising $95 million. StoneX executed more than 100 million derivative contracts in 2008 and was a clearing member on all major US future exchanges. The Group served commercial commodity intermediaries, end-users, and producers around the world. As of Sept. 30th, 2009, StoneX Group Inc. operates as a subsidiary of International Assets Holding Corp.International Assets Holding Corporation
IAHC began as the International Assets Advisory Corporation in 1981. The company started inMerger in 2009
In 2009, StoneX Group Inc. (previously INTL FCStone) and the International Assets Holding Corporation merged with Sean O'Connor became CEO and Diego Veitia Chairman. StoneX operates as an independent business unit of IAHC, ceased trading stock on Sept. 30th, and brings over $229.3 million in operation revenues. IAAC officially became INTL FCStone in Feb. 2011 (now StoneX Group Inc.). StoneX Group Inc. serves more than 32,000 accounts, and more than 330,000 active retail accounts, in more than 180 countries through a network of 70 offices around the world. Within a month of the merger, IAHC expanded operations to the Pacific Rim with a new office inCompany name change 2020
In July 2020, the company rebranded and changed its name to StoneX Group Inc. In October 2020, StoneX finalized its acquisition of Frankfurt-based Giroxx which now operates as StoneX Financial GmbH from within the Global Payments division.Subsidiaries
* StoneX Ltd: formerly known as INTL FCStone (Europe) Limited, its name was changed in March 2013. It is based in the United Kingdom. * StoneX Financial Inc.: formed in 2015 after the merger of three subsidiaries into INTL FCStone Securities Inc. The three subsidiaries were FCStone, LLC, INTL FCStone Partners LP, and FCC Investments, Inc. * StoneX Markets, LLCServices
* Risk management advisory * Broking in the physical market; including wheat, barley, corn, sorghum (milo) and canola within the supply chain of trucks, trains, ships and containers * Execution of listed futures and options on futures contracts on commodity exchanges * Structured over-the-counter (OTC) products in a range of commodities * Trading and hedging of precious and base metals * Trading of approximately 150 foreign currencies * Market-making in international equities * Fixed income, and debt origination and asset managementReferences
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